A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002x0k. Id of event: us20002x0k. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:37:22 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 22:37:22 / July 12, 2015 @ 10:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.9628 West, latitude 36.8453 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid. Epicenter of the event was 51 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 20 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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