A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:51:14 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 03:51:14 / August 6, 2015 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8383 West, latitude 36.5114 North, depth = 5 km. Event id: us10002z0q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002z0q.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Blackwell, Perry (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km NNE of Enid, Oklahoma.
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