A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 21:22:42 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.72 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 6.72 km, -97.7605° West, 36.7595° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z71. Id of event: us10003z71. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 03:22:42 / November 18, 2015 @ 3:22 am.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arkansas City, Perry, Wellington.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 SSW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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