A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.71 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us10003vkr. Event ids that are associated: us10003vkr. Global time and date of event 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 18:29:13 / November 7, 2015 @ 6:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8242 West, latitude 36.9343 North, depth = 4.71 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:29:13 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Perry, Derby, Haysville. Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Haysville (c. 10 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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