A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 11:44:10 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007gij. Unique identifier: us20007gij. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 16:44:10 / October 23, 2016 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.041 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.9449 West, latitude 36.3797 North, depth = 5.041 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Guthrie, Blackwell (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cushing (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 13 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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