A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 17:07:05 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.1 km, -96.8123° West, 36.0005° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/15 / 2015-10-10 22:07:05 / October 10, 2015 @ 10:07 pm. Unique identifier: us10003mr7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003mr7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.1 km (3 miles).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jenks, Shawnee, Tulsa (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 4 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma.
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