A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Blanchard in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact location, longitude -97.5812° West, latitude 35.0897° North, depth = 11.61 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 19:06:19 / July 8, 2016 @ 7:06 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:06:19 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000620c. Unique identifier: us1000620c. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.61 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duncan, Shawnee, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SE of Blanchard, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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