A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Blanchard in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.2 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hu0b. Unique identifier: us1000hu0b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 18:12:55 / November 19, 2018 @ 6:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.623 West, latitude 35.0272 North, depth = 9.2 km. The temblor was reported at 12:12:55 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shawnee, Edmond, Piedmont (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SSE of Blanchard, Oklahoma.
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