A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wp9. Id of event: us20002wp9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 23:09:17 / July 10, 2015 @ 11:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:09:17 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.75 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.2315° West, latitude 36.6525° North, depth = 13.75 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Blackwell, Enid. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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