A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Waukomis in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 11:25:50 / February 14, 2016 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:25:50 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.15 km, -97.7151° West, 36.2864° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.15 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005043. Unique identifier: us20005043.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yukon (c. 22 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bethany (c. 19 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yukon, El Reno, Bethany (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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