A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:57:22 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -95.33579254° West, latitude 35.11894989° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 10:57:22 / July 15, 2019 @ 10:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ok2019ntcu. Unique identifier: ok2019ntcu.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Muskogee, Henryetta, Poteau.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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