A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.3201828 West, latitude 35.12067032 North, depth = 5 km. Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 06:15:04 / July 8, 2019 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:15:04 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ok2019nfyy. Event ids that are associated: ok2019nfyy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muskogee, Henryetta, Poteau (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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