A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Alva in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 09:50:50 / June 22, 2016 @ 9:50 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.63 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:50:50 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.7258° West, latitude 36.6623° North, depth = 3.63 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200065xs. Unique identifier: us200065xs.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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