A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.31 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 6.31 km, -97.3625° West, 35.8824° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003pgf. Unique identifier: us10003pgf. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:51 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/15 / 2015-10-18 03:12:51 / October 18, 2015 @ 3:12 am.
The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 28 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tecumseh, Tuttle, Newcastle (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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