A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -97.905° West, latitude 36.031° North, depth = 4.08 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 07:20:05 / April 19, 2018 @ 7:20 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:20:05 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dnhf. Id of event: us1000dnhf. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.08 km (3 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Midwest City, Del City, Stillwater. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every 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 five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 8 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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