A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.3974° West, 35.7485° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was detected at 11:33:28 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 16:33:28 / July 8, 2015 @ 4:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002w1z. Id of event: us20002w1z.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Blanchard, Tecumseh.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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