A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.92 km (2 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 08:06:07 / December 18, 2015 @ 8:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10004832. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004832. The temblor was picked up at 02:06:07 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.6312° West, latitude 36.1267° North, depth = 2.92 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Midwest City, Del City, Choctaw. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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