A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 05:39:19 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 11:39:19 / December 29, 2015 @ 11:39 am. Exact location of event, longitude -97.3961 West, latitude 35.6817 North, depth = 7.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.96 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004a85. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004a85.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Chickasha, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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