A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Friday. The temblor was detected at 06:58:02 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 11:58:02 / August 26, 2016 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006u6q. Id of event: us20006u6q. Exact location, longitude -98.0072° West, latitude 36.8478° North, depth = 6.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.95 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 24 km W of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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