A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma on Saturday. Unique identifier: ok2019qcqu. Ids that are associated to the event: ok2019qcqu. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:19:37 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 03:19:37 / August 18, 2019 @ 3:19 am. Exact location of event, longitude -95.33139038 West, latitude 35.10298157 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muskogee, Henryetta, Poteau (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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