A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -97.7153° West, 36.6087° North, depth 6.14 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.14 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 21:07:31 / November 7, 2015 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10003vlk. Event ids that are associated: us10003vlk. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:07:31 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Arkansas City, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km S of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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