A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 22:39:30 / May 14, 2016 @ 10:39 pm. Exact location, longitude -98.6957° West, latitude 36.5226° North, depth = 5.923 km. Id of earthquake: us10005hgp. Event ids that are associated: us10005hgp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.923 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:39:30 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Woodward.
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 seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km S of Alva, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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