A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003juv. Id of event: us20003juv. Exact location, longitude -98.9417° West, latitude 36.5175° North, depth = 4.29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 23:45:32 / September 15, 2015 @ 11:45 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:45:32 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.29 km (3 miles).
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 25 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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