A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000301d. Event ids that are associated: us2000301d. Exact location, longitude -97.6208° West, latitude 36.5804° North, depth = 5 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:10:33 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 04:10:33 / July 25, 2015 @ 4:10 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Wellington, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 27 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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