A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -97.0395° West, latitude 36.4442° North, depth = 3.864 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002m05. Id of event: us20002m05. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.864 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/15 / 2015-06-04 05:07:23 / June 4, 2015 @ 5:07 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:07:23 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Guthrie, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and four 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.
Did you feel it?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply