A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Medford in Oklahoma on Friday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:29:54 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.143 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: us100032wb. Ids that are associated to the event: us100032wb. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 21:29:54 / August 14, 2015 @ 9:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -97.805° West, 36.8319° North, depth 1.143 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Perry, Arkansas City, Ponca City (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma.
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