A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:53:05 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.1612° West, latitude 35.7232° North, depth = 6.275 km. Id of earthquake: us10005d2p. Event ids that are associated: us10005d2p. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.275 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 17:53:05 / May 2, 2016 @ 5:53 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blanchard, Tuttle, El Reno (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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