A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:47 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -99.2081° West, 36.2223° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005aws. Id of event: us20005aws. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/16 / 2016-03-18 23:06:47 / March 18, 2016 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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