A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -97.2694° West, latitude 36.0702° North, depth = 3.61 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:26:55 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 13:26:55 / July 31, 2015 @ 1:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.61 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wug. Id of event: us10002wug.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yukon, Ponca City, Del City.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 13 km N of Langston, Oklahoma.
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