A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -96.7861° West, 35.9535° North, depth 3.622 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:00:12 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.622 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 20:00:12 / August 31, 2015 @ 8:00 pm. Id of earthquake: us20003f7z. Event ids that are associated: us20003f7z.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulsa, Jenks, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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