A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.4977 West, latitude 36.0709 North, depth = 4.23 km. Unique identifier: us20005008. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.23 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/16 / 2016-02-13 20:58:44 / February 13, 2016 @ 8:58 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:58:44 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Mustang, El Reno (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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