A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 09:22:24 / May 14, 2018 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e4kx. Id of event: us1000e4kx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.11 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:24 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5725 West, latitude 36.0625 North, depth = 6.11 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mustang, Harrah, Cushing. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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