A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.4 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/11/16 / 2016-11-11 15:49:56 / November 11, 2016 @ 3:49 pm. Unique identifier: us100076wn. Ids that are associated to the event: us100076wn. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:49:56 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.0728° West, 35.6821° North, depth 6.4 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Perry, Newcastle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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