A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/16 / 2016-02-23 08:44:33 / February 23, 2016 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:44:33 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004ry9. Unique identifier: us10004ry9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.58 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.414 West, latitude 35.6852 North, depth = 6.58 km.
The 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), 58 km (36 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chickasha, Seminole, Purcell (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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