A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 20:58:14 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 02:58:14 / July 1, 2018 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000fsqw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fsqw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.66 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -97.2877° West, latitude 35.8929° North, depth = 8.66 km.
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecumseh, Newcastle, Enid (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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