A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:45:02 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -96.98 West, latitude 36.3295 North, depth = 6.73 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006p69. Unique identifier: us10006p69. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.73 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/16 / 2016-09-12 23:45:02 / September 12, 2016 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guthrie, Blackwell, Ponca City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cushing (c. 7 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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