A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -96.8654 West, latitude 36.2893 North, depth = 3.976 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:01:28 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.976 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vj5. Id of event: us20002vj5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 01:01:28 / July 5, 2015 @ 1:01 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sapulpa, Sand Springs, Blackwell (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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