A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Lindsay in Oklahoma on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 01:14:19 / December 5, 2015 @ 1:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000448c. Unique identifier: us1000448c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.93 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:14:19 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.7556° West, latitude 34.8227° North, depth = 6.93 km.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Warr Acres, Bethany, Midwest City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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