A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tuttle in Oklahoma on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 23:48:16 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000j8nq. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8nq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 05:48:16 / January 25, 2019 @ 5:48 am. Exact location of event, depth 6.8 km, -97.8843° West, 35.2685° North.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Harrah, Choctaw, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 7 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma.
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