A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.6935 West, latitude 36.6129 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:57:36 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 15:57:36 / March 30, 2016 @ 3:57 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005df9. Unique identifier: us20005df9.
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Stillwater, Wellington (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km S of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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