A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -97.9035° West, 36.0422° North, depth 3.39 km. The temblor was detected at 03:50:51 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.39 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 09:50:51 / October 31, 2017 @ 9:50 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000ayy1. Event ids that are associated: us1000ayy1.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Harrah, Moore, Tuttle (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 7 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma.
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