A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Coalgate in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082r8. Id of event: us200082r8. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.95 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:32:20 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.95 km, -96.2589° West, 34.6575° North. Global time and date of event 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 09:32:20 / December 20, 2016 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Durant, Seminole, McAlester (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ada (c. 16 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Durant (c. 15 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Seminole (c. 7 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Holdenville (c. 5 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 NNW of Coalgate, Oklahoma.
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