A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:48:27 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.78 km, -97.6875° West, 36.5825° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 10:48:27 / July 22, 2015 @ 10:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.78 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us20002z6i. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002z6i.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Ponca City, Perry. The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, 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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