A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/15 / 2015-12-23 03:04:00 / December 23, 2015 @ 3:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:04:00 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8529 West, latitude 36.9421 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048yr. Id of event: us100048yr.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mulvane, Arkansas City, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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