A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.89 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: us20007czn. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007czn. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 20:07:23 / October 9, 2016 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:07:23 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -99.01° West, latitude 36.5134° North, depth = 2.89 km.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two 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.
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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 ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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