A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 23:13:47 / August 19, 2015 @ 11:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033j5. Id of event: us100033j5. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.68 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:13:47 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.4315° West, latitude 36.5257° North, depth = 1.68 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Enid. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six 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.
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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: 14 km W of Helena, Oklahoma.
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