A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 08:06:16 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/17 / 2017-05-21 14:06:16 / May 21, 2017 @ 2:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.41 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008u0y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008u0y. Exact location of earthquake, -97.2125° West, 35.7875° North, depth 5.41 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blanchard, Seminole, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
Did you feel it?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km N of Luther, Oklahoma.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply