A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Harrah in Oklahoma on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 21:56:19 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.3 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -97.1329° West, 35.4719° North, depth 6.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 02:56:19 / August 9, 2015 @ 2:56 am. Event id: us100030hu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030hu.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Holdenville, El Reno, Stillwater. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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