A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 01:05:23 / July 4, 2015 @ 1:05 am. Unique identifier: us10002ncr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002ncr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.7 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:05:23 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.8797 West, latitude 36.2916 North, depth = 3.7 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Glenpool, Arkansas City, Tulsa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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