A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -97.4342° West, 34.053° North, depth 6 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:42:49 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 15:42:49 / November 26, 2018 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000hwnz. Event ids that are associated: us1000hwnz.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sanger, Pauls Valley, Duncan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gainesville (c. 16 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sanger (c. 6 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 S of Wilson, Oklahoma.
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