A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guthrie in Oklahoma. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:28:07 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/16 / 2016-01-01 20:28:07 / January 1, 2016 @ 8:28 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.4587 West, latitude 35.8509 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ark. Id of event: us10004ark.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Noble, Shawnee, Enid (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 eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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