A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004aba. Unique identifier: us10004aba. Exact location of event, depth 5.78 km, -97.3038° West, 35.9642° North. The temblor was reported at 16:17:47 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.78 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 22:17:47 / December 29, 2015 @ 10:17 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shawnee, El Reno, Mustang. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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