A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 3.639 km, -96.787° West, 36.3465° North. Global time and date of event 07/10/15 / 2015-10-07 23:52:52 / October 7, 2015 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003l9w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003l9w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.639 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:52:52 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulsa, Sapulpa, Skiatook (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 1 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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