A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.57 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000302l. Event ids that are associated: us2000302l. The temblor was picked up at 06:14:44 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.568° West, latitude 36.0034° North, depth = 5.57 km. Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 11:14:44 / July 25, 2015 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Norman, Newcastle, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 6 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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