A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Crescent in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.5686° West, 36.0651° North, depth 6.15 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 20:56:08 / June 15, 2018 @ 8:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.15 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:56:08 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ess6. Unique identifier: us1000ess6.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Norman, Newcastle, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 12 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma.
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