A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 5.928 km, -97.1532° West, 35.6683° North. Id of earthquake: us10005ht9. Event ids that are associated: us10005ht9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.928 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 21:45:03 / May 16, 2016 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:45:03 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Purcell, Blanchard, El Reno (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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