A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:47:53 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 08:47:53 / July 25, 2015 @ 8:47 am. Exact location of event, depth 1.1 km, -96.8192° West, 36.3478° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003025. Id of event: us20003025.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Sapulpa, Skiatook (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 1 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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