A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.871 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.9032° West, latitude 36.0355° North, depth = 6.871 km. The temblor was detected at 02:25:39 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cg26. Id of event: us1000cg26. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 08:25:39 / February 5, 2018 @ 8:25 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moore, Tuttle, Choctaw (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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