A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yti. Id of event: us20002yti. The temblor was reported at 00:02:04 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 05:02:04 / July 21, 2015 @ 5:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -97.6955° West, 36.5778° North, depth 5 km.
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Ponca City, Perry (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km S of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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