A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Healdton in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 23:45:55 / August 2, 2015 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 8.53 km, -97.583° West, 34.2914° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xda. Id of event: us10002xda. The temblor was reported at 18:45:55 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.53 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pauls Valley, Ardmore, Duncan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Lone Grove (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 10 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma.
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