A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -96.9206° West, 36.4102° North. Unique identifier: us10006k8m. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006k8m. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/16 / 2016-09-04 03:15:56 / September 4, 2016 @ 3:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:15:56 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sand Springs, Guthrie, Arkansas City. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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