A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/17 / 2017-05-24 03:47:34 / May 24, 2017 @ 3:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.9705 West, latitude 36.5319 North, depth = 7.204 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:47:34 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.204 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008us0. Event ids that are associated: us10008us0.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 23 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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