A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Chandler in Oklahoma on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.98 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 15/05/17 / 2017-05-15 02:46:39 / May 15, 2017 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008sh9. Unique identifier: us10008sh9. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8906° West, 35.6145° North, depth 5.98 km. The temblor was detected at 20:46:39 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yukon, Mustang, Purcell.
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 three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km S of Chandler, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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