A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Goldsby in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:27 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5349 West, latitude 35.0614 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hci. Id of event: us10005hci. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 03:39:27 / May 14, 2016 @ 3:39 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duncan, Piedmont, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 10 km SSW of Goldsby, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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