A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 11:37:06 / October 30, 2015 @ 11:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:37:06 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040pl. Id of event: us200040pl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.355 West, latitude 35.856 North, depth = 5.8 km.
Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Noble, Tecumseh, Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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