A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mooreland in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us2000a3eb. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a3eb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/17 / 2017-08-01 19:43:49 / August 1, 2017 @ 7:43 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:43:49 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.9757 West, latitude 36.533 North, depth = 6.95 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.95 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Woodward. Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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