A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 11:36:09 / January 22, 2017 @ 11:36 am. The temblor was detected at 05:36:09 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8973° West, 36.3899° North, depth 5 km. Event id: us10007utf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007utf.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sand Springs, Arkansas City, Guthrie. The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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