A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 16:52:09 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.4653 West, latitude 36.5264 North, depth = 5 km. Event id: us20002y6w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002y6w. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 21:52:09 / July 11, 2015 @ 9:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km W of Helena, Oklahoma.
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