A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 03:24:55 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 08:24:55 / August 30, 2016 @ 8:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.86 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.8962 West, latitude 36.9223 North, depth = 5.86 km. Unique identifier: us20006v8z. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006v8z.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponca City, Wellington, Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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