A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from McLoud in Oklahoma. Event id: us1000bx99. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bx99. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 20:11:14 / December 28, 2017 @ 8:11 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.0209° West, 35.4227° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:11:14 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Reno, Ada, Pauls Valley (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 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: 6 km ESE of McLoud, Oklahoma.
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