A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event id: us1000h300. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h300. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/18 / 2018-09-26 21:47:48 / September 26, 2018 @ 9:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:47:48 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.4331° West, latitude 34.0626° North, depth = 5 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Gainesville (c. 16 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bowie (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pauls Valley, Duncan, Bowie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four 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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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. 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: 11 km S of Wilson, Oklahoma.
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