A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Chickasha in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:08:11 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 18:08:11 / February 19, 2019 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jk3v. Id of event: us2000jk3v. Exact location of event, longitude -97.8753 West, latitude 35.1487 North, depth = 12.2 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lawton, Pauls Valley, Harrah. Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NNE of Chickasha, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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