A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Oklahoma kilometers (0 miles) from Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -97.5742° West, 35.0889° North, depth 8.52 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 17:26:31 / July 31, 2016 @ 5:26 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000690r. Event ids that are associated: us1000690r. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:31 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.52 km (5 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duncan, Shawnee, Piedmont (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 19 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). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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