A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 08:46:10 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 13:46:10 / October 5, 2016 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 4.079 km, -99.1555° West, 36.4608° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.079 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006v72. Event ids that are associated: us10006v72.
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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