A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tonkawa in Oklahoma. Unique identifier: us100072y9. Ids that are associated to the event: us100072y9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.37 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.3982° West, latitude 36.5669° North, depth = 5.37 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:50:23 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 11:50:23 / October 29, 2016 @ 11:50 am.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wellington, Guthrie, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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