A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003j83. Unique identifier: us20003j83. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 00:04:53 / September 14, 2015 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:04:53 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.4304 West, latitude 36.0844 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moore, Mustang, Blackwell (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 20 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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