A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 05:31:55 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.9348 West, latitude 36.5297 North, depth = 7.14 km. Id of earthquake: us1000959r. Event ids that are associated: us1000959r. Global time and date of event 29/06/17 / 2017-06-29 11:31:55 / June 29, 2017 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.14 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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