A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 03:34:36 / February 13, 2018 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.79 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:34:36 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.8981° West, 36.0387° North, depth 8.79 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d1ad. Event ids that are associated: us2000d1ad.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Midwest City, Del City, Stillwater. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 7 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma.
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