A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Friday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:45:26 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/12/15 / 2015-12-25 13:45:26 / December 25, 2015 @ 1:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.9918 West, latitude 36.7138 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100049gr. Id of event: us100049gr.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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