A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 05:49:24 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.4162° West, latitude 35.6836° North, depth = 4.3 km. Id of earthquake: us10004a86. Event ids that are associated: us10004a86. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 11:49:24 / December 29, 2015 @ 11:49 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 7 km (4 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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Purcell, Perry, Cushing. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma.
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