A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.72 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -97.3586° West, 35.8801° North, depth 6.72 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:07:34 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003pgm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003pgm. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/15 / 2015-10-18 05:07:34 / October 18, 2015 @ 5:07 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Newcastle, Norman (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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