A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Waukomis in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 23:47:24 / March 10, 2016 @ 11:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us10004wne. Event ids that are associated: us10004wne. The temblor was detected at 17:47:24 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -97.6363° West, 36.2918° North, depth 5 km.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Edmond, Ponca City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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