A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.03 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.9055 West, latitude 36.5307 North, depth = 6.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/16 / 2016-08-20 02:32:07 / August 20, 2016 @ 2:32 am. Event id: us10006fc2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fc2. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:32:07 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward. Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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