A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006jyu. Id of event: us10006jyu. The temblor was detected at 07:16:22 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -96.8607° West, latitude 36.4053° North, depth = 3.94 km. Global time and date of event 03/09/16 / 2016-09-03 12:16:22 / September 3, 2016 @ 12:16 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.94 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulsa, Sapulpa, Guthrie (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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