A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tuttle in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.208 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 16:31:15 / May 25, 2017 @ 4:31 pm. Exact location, longitude -97.8648° West, latitude 35.2678° North, depth = 7.208 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vcl. Id of event: us10008vcl. The temblor was picked up at 10:31:15 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Harrah, Choctaw (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 5 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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