A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 09:49:13 / November 30, 2015 @ 9:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000424d. Event ids that are associated: us1000424d. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0151 West, latitude 36.7463 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:13 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Ponca City, Perry (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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