A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma on Thursday. Global time and date of event 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 15:14:54 / December 24, 2015 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.51 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: us100049bh. Event ids that are associated: us100049bh. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:14:54 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.51 km, -97.4712° West, 35.8533° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Noble, Shawnee, Enid. Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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