A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:04:46 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 12:04:46 / November 15, 2016 @ 12:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -96.6828 West, latitude 36.2992 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us10007876. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007876.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Collinsville, Owasso (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 39 km (24 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). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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