A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.8272 West, latitude 36.9157 North, depth = 2.79 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xz0. Id of event: us10003xz0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.79 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:51:17 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 01:51:17 / November 13, 2015 @ 1:51 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winfield, Mulvane, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Diana
Hmm I felt it it just shook but I thought it was the train but indeed it was a earthquake!!!