A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 1.22 km, -97.775° West, 36.7596° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fhe. Id of event: us20007fhe. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.22 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 22:33:35 / October 19, 2016 @ 10:33 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:33:35 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Perry, Wellington (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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