A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Sunday. Unique identifier: us10007ust. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007ust. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:21:00 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.9977 West, latitude 36.4326 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 08:21:00 / January 22, 2017 @ 8:21 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Guthrie, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 20 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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