A light earthquake with magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kingfisher in Oklahoma on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:48:18 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.850039959 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.07202148° West, latitude 35.85116196° North, depth = 2.850039959 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/19 / 2019-07-25 05:48:18 / July 25, 2019 @ 5:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2019okzq. Id of event: ok2019okzq.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chickasha, Clinton, Anadarko (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yukon (c. 22 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
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