A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -98.4688° West, latitude 36.4784° North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us10006bwj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006bwj. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/16 / 2016-08-07 01:45:44 / August 7, 2016 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:45:44 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Enid. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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