A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Chandler in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:10:58 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20009nlt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009nlt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.52 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -96.8941 West, latitude 35.6156 North, depth = 5.52 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/17 / 2017-06-19 18:10:58 / June 19, 2017 @ 6:10 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piedmont, Newcastle, Holdenville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 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 (38 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 9 km S of Chandler, Oklahoma.
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