A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tonkawa in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.59 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.2307 West, latitude 36.5019 North, depth = 7.59 km. Event id: us10006e6d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006e6d. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:48:26 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 17:48:26 / August 16, 2016 @ 5:48 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Cushing, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km SSE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
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