A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Edmond in Oklahoma on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 01:04:08 / January 13, 2018 @ 1:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, -97.4176° West, 35.6825° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cj69. Id of event: us2000cj69. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:04:08 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Perry, Cushing. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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