A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Monday. Event id: us1000eif9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eif9. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.89 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 11:23:57 / June 4, 2018 @ 11:23 am. The temblor was detected at 05:23:57 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.6909° West, 36.6891° North, depth 6.89 km.
Event epicenter 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 (44 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Wellington, Perry (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 13 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma.
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