A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.75 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 21:08:51 / July 2, 2018 @ 9:08 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:08:51 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fv2v. Id of event: us2000fv2v. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2811 West, latitude 35.8897 North, depth = 3.75 km.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Newcastle, Tecumseh (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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