A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:57:56 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 19:57:56 / June 28, 2016 @ 7:57 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067mz. Id of event: us200067mz. Exact location, longitude -97.2279° West, latitude 35.859° North, depth = 1.84 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.84 km (1 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Seminole, Enid, Tuttle. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SSE of Langston, Oklahoma.
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