A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.49 km (3 miles). Event id: us10003mrh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003mrh. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:22 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -96.8353° West, 35.988° North, depth 4.49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/15 / 2015-10-10 23:43:22 / October 10, 2015 @ 11:43 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Midwest City, Jenks (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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