A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -96.897 West, latitude 36.4383 North, depth = 3.84 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:53:28 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 02:53:28 / October 31, 2016 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.84 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: us10007366. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007366.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guthrie, Sand Springs, Arkansas City (min 5000 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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three 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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