A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.845 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.6607 West, latitude 36.8979 North, depth = 5.845 km. Unique identifier: us10003xjc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003xjc. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 13:25:12 / October 23, 2015 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:25:12 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Perry, Mulvane, Winfield.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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