A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a41p. Unique identifier: us2000a41p. Exact location of earthquake, -97.3935° West, 35.8348° North, depth 4.35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/17 / 2017-08-03 11:05:41 / August 3, 2017 @ 11:05 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:05:41 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.35 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecumseh, Enid, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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