A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 13:06:22 / September 20, 2015 @ 1:06 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:06:22 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003m6q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m6q. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8498° West, 35.9921° North, depth 5 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Midwest City, Glenpool, Shawnee (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma.
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