A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 19:56:23 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 00:56:23 / August 27, 2015 @ 12:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, -97.6873° West, 36.835° North, depth 1.28 km. Unique identifier: us10003577. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003577. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.28 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Perry, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma.
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