A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:07:13 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 16.08 km, -95.34816667° West, 35.10633333° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.08 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 09:07:13 / August 18, 2019 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056ng, ok2019qdcg. Id of event: ok2019qdcg.
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Okmulgee (c. 12 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Okmulgee, Muskogee, Henryetta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 1 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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