A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Sunday. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:52:32 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.36 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/16 / 2016-11-07 01:52:32 / November 7, 2016 @ 1:52 am. Id of earthquake: us1000766j. Event ids that are associated: us1000766j. Exact location of event, depth 5.36 km, -96.7679° West, 36.0062° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shawnee, Edmond, Choctaw (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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