A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Blanchard in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:39:04 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.6099° West, latitude 35.08° North, depth = 7.18 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061qe. Id of event: us100061qe. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 20:39:04 / July 7, 2016 @ 8:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.18 km (4 miles).
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Duncan, Shawnee, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 7 km SE of Blanchard, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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