A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.641° West, 36.6269° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 01:08:33 / August 30, 2015 @ 1:08 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:08:33 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003629. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003629. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Arkansas City, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-three 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma.
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