A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 03:39:43 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ok2019qgui. Unique identifier: ok2019qgui. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/19 / 2019-08-20 09:39:43 / August 20, 2019 @ 9:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.29241943 West, latitude 35.12704086 North, depth = 5 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Henryetta, Muskogee, Poteau.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma.
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