A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004u03. Id of event: us10004u03. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -97.7403 West, latitude 36.6456 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 06:05:30 / March 2, 2016 @ 6:05 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:05:30 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Ponca City, Perry (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km S of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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