A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Yale in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -96.752° West, latitude 36.1778° North, depth = 8.86 km. The temblor was reported at 12:32:16 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.86 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 17:32:16 / July 3, 2016 @ 5:32 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005zn0. Id of event: us10005zn0.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jenks, Glenpool, Skiatook.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NW of Yale, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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