A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 23:08:56 / March 1, 2016 @ 11:08 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:08:56 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.1724° West, 35.7188° North, depth 5.45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.45 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004ty6. Event ids that are associated: us10004ty6.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Purcell, Blanchard, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 NNE of Luther, Oklahoma.
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