A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/04/16 / 2016-04-09 21:55:44 / April 9, 2016 @ 9:55 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005gpm. Unique identifier: us20005gpm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.65 West, latitude 36.867 North, depth = 5.38 km. The temblor was detected at 16:55:44 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.38 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Derby, Haysville, Mulvane (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 10 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma.
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