A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma. Unique identifier: us1000365e. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000365e. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 12:19:24 / August 30, 2015 @ 12:19 pm. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:19:24 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.3927 West, latitude 35.6908 North, depth = 5.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.3 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chickasha, Seminole, Purcell.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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