A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -96.7903 West, latitude 36.3398 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 12:09:52 / September 16, 2015 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:09:52 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jxh. Id of event: us20003jxh.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arkansas City, Glenpool, Jenks. Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Jenks (c. 16 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 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: 1 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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