A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location, longitude -96.909° West, latitude 36.4371° North, depth = 4.47 km. The temblor was detected at 16:39:14 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/16 / 2016-09-12 21:39:14 / September 12, 2016 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.47 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006p55. Event ids that are associated: us10006p55.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Blackwell, Cushing. The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cushing (c. 7 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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