A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Blackwell in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dy7. Id of event: us10005dy7. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.9 km (5 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:53 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.9 km, -97.3259° West, 36.868° North. Global time and date of event 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 01:58:53 / May 5, 2016 @ 1:58 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Derby, Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and 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 quakes in the world each year.
Did you feel it?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km NNW of Blackwell, Oklahoma.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply