A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.48 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/16 / 2016-11-02 08:57:02 / November 2, 2016 @ 8:57 am. Exact location, longitude -96.6745° West, latitude 36.3078° North, depth = 7.48 km. The temblor was reported at 03:57:02 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100073nq. Ids that are associated to the event: us100073nq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Collinsville, Owasso, Glenpool. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Owasso (c. 28 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 12 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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