A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:28:57 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20002ziw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002ziw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 13:28:57 / July 23, 2015 @ 1:28 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -96.8257 West, latitude 36.3481 North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Tulsa, Guthrie. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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