A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us20005zuw. Event ids that are associated: us20005zuw. Global time and date of event 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 01:28:54 / June 2, 2016 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -97.718° West, 36.3682° North, depth 6.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.17 km (4 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:28:54 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Stillwater, Blackwell. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km ESE of Enid, Oklahoma.
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