A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:06:33 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.85 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081rs. Id of event: us200081rs. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 23:06:33 / December 16, 2016 @ 11:06 pm. Exact location, longitude -96.7534° West, latitude 36.3906° North, depth = 6.85 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Tulsa, Sapulpa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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