A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 04:07:41 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003jx3. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jx3. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 09:07:41 / September 16, 2015 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.48 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -96.8055° West, latitude 35.9897° North, depth = 4.48 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jenks, Tulsa, Shawnee (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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