A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005hix. Unique identifier: us10005hix. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 07:23:06 / May 15, 2016 @ 7:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.8 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:23:06 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.7106 West, latitude 36.3708 North, depth = 4.8 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Stillwater, Blackwell.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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