A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.49 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 10:19:44 / March 29, 2016 @ 10:19 am. Event id: us20005d4q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005d4q. Exact location, longitude -97.588° West, latitude 36.0092° North, depth = 5.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:19:44 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Norman, Newcastle (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 N of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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