A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Friday. The temblor was detected at 00:27:10 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.55 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0775 West, latitude 36.6385 North, depth = 10.55 km. Event id: us10006d79. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d79. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 05:27:10 / August 12, 2016 @ 5:27 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Perry, Blackwell (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 20 km ENE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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