A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 17:15:58 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event id: us10004asf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004asf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/16 / 2016-01-01 23:15:58 / January 1, 2016 @ 11:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.402 West, latitude 35.9684 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mustang, Moore, El Reno. The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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