A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004gvc. Unique identifier: us10004gvc. Global time and date of event 24/01/16 / 2016-01-24 18:19:40 / January 24, 2016 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.995 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:19:40 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.8536 West, latitude 36.9408 North, depth = 4.995 km.
Close 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arkansas City, Ponca City, Enid.
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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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