A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -97.8203° West, 36.8204° North, depth 4.45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 08:49:50 / August 16, 2015 @ 8:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032np. Id of event: us100032np. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.45 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:50 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Perry, Arkansas City, Ponca City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 7 km W of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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