A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.69 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:17 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 12:35:17 / September 18, 2015 @ 12:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8439° West, 36.0098° North, depth 3.69 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l6t. Id of event: us20003l6t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piedmont, Okmulgee, Bethany.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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