A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Lindsay in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 03:39:36 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.517° West, 34.6823° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 09:39:36 / February 4, 2018 @ 9:39 am. Id of earthquake: us1000cflq. Event ids that are associated: us1000cflq.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lawton, Mustang, Anadarko.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SSE of Lindsay, Oklahoma.
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