A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Taloga in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5kf. Id of event: us1000h5kf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.8789 West, latitude 36.2233 North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 10:29:16 / October 2, 2018 @ 10:29 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:29:16 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NNE of Taloga, Oklahoma.
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