A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Yale in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us200082tv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082tv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 14:03:07 / December 20, 2016 @ 2:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -96.7845 West, latitude 36.1728 North, depth = 5 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:03:07 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jenks, Glenpool, Skiatook.
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 seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NW of Yale, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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