A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma. Event id: us10003vl0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vl0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.11 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 19:27:33 / November 7, 2015 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.6765 West, latitude 36.6358 North, depth = 3.11 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:27:33 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km S of Alva, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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