A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:17:36 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -96.8216° West, 36.3333° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 15:17:36 / September 16, 2015 @ 3:17 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jzj. Id of event: us20003jzj.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Tulsa, Guthrie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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