A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.8492° West, 36.9473° North, depth 4.154 km. The temblor was reported at 05:17:59 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 11:17:59 / November 7, 2015 @ 11:17 am. Id of earthquake: us10003xg4. Event ids that are associated: us10003xg4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.154 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponca City, Arkansas City, Enid (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days six hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 18 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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