A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 4.3 km, -98.8613° West, 36.4581° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us100032jb. Event ids that are associated: us100032jb. The temblor was reported at 22:34:22 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 03:34:22 / August 15, 2015 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 30 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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