A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.94 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:53:01 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 04:53:01 / March 29, 2016 @ 4:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, -97.575° West, 35.9951° North, depth 4.94 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005d3n. Id of event: us20005d3n.
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponca City, Norman, Newcastle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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