A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002ybc. Unique identifier: us10002ybc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.6 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 23:09:33 / August 5, 2015 @ 11:09 pm. Exact location of event, depth 3.6 km, -97.8084° West, 36.6035° North. The temblor was detected at 18:09:33 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponca City, Perry, Blackwell (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-four 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NNE of Enid, Oklahoma.
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