A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.8079 West, latitude 35.9969 North, depth = 3.04 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 09:16:56 / September 18, 2015 @ 9:16 am. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:16:56 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003l5f. Event ids that are associated: us20003l5f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.04 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bixby, Skiatook, Tecumseh (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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