A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 20:02:10 / August 13, 2015 @ 8:02 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:02:10 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10003239. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003239. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2392 West, latitude 36.0873 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yukon, Blackwell, Del City (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km N of Langston, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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