A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes Oklahoma kilometers (0 miles) from Oklahoma on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 01:39:21 / July 31, 2015 @ 1:39 am. The temblor was reported at 01:39:21 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10002wlj. Event ids that are associated: us10002wlj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.94 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -97.5667° West, 35.9991° North, depth 5.94 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Moore, Cushing (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 39 km (24 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). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-one 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.
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