A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 03:59:30 / December 28, 2015 @ 3:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.415 West, latitude 35.6983 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:30 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004a10. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a10.
Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Purcell, Perry, Cushing (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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma.
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