A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 3.9 km, -99.0723° West, 36.4949° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/16 / 2016-09-30 05:45:36 / September 30, 2016 @ 5:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.9 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006u0q. Id of event: us10006u0q. The temblor was picked up at 00:45:36 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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