A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.49 km (1 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d8j1. Unique identifier: us1000d8j1. The temblor was reported at 02:19:46 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.6919° West, latitude 36.6929° North, depth = 1.49 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/03/18 / 2018-03-24 08:19:46 / March 24, 2018 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Wellington, Perry. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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