A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 14:02:02 / November 25, 2015 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000418t. Unique identifier: us1000418t. The temblor was reported at 08:02:02 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8073 West, latitude 36.9271 North, depth = 7.17 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.17 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Mulvane, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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