A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.225 km (3 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:56:33 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 04:56:33 / September 28, 2017 @ 4:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8025° West, 35.9915° North, depth 5.225 km. Id of earthquake: us2000avr9. Event ids that are associated: us2000avr9.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jenks, Tulsa, Shawnee (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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