A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Friday. Unique identifier: us20002wiu. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002wiu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.4177 West, latitude 36.5058 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 09:58:57 / July 10, 2015 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:58:57 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Enid. Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 nine, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 13 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma.
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