A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ratliff City in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.41446686 West, latitude 34.39475632 North, depth = 0.5987358689 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/21 / 2021-03-02 12:33:56 / March 2, 2021 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.5987358689 km (0 miles). The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:56 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ok2021egpb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2021egpb.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Purcell, Duncan, Pauls Valley (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Purcell (c. 5 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Lone Grove (c. 5 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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