A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 19:46:50 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003x8m. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003x8m. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8084 West, latitude 36.9482 North, depth = 1.118 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 01:46:50 / November 11, 2015 @ 1:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.118 km (1 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mulvane, Ponca City, Arkansas City.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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