A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -96.8787 West, latitude 36.4124 North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 00:48:30 / February 14, 2019 @ 12:48 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:48:30 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: usd0009e9u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: usd0009e9u.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Skiatook, Guthrie, Sand Springs (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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