A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ckc. Id of event: us10005ckc. Exact location of earthquake, -97.1594° West, 35.7391° North, depth 4.09 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.09 km (3 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:56:56 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/16 / 2016-04-29 21:56:56 / April 29, 2016 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blanchard, Tuttle, El Reno (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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