A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Saturday. Global time and date of event 10/10/15 / 2015-10-10 22:20:55 / October 10, 2015 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:20:55 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.4 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8039° West, 36.005° North, depth 2.4 km. Event id: us10003mqx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003mqx.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 72 km (45 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), 62 km (39 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shawnee, Jenks, Tulsa (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma.
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Rebecca
I felt one of them. The house and everything in it shook! I am on the East side of Stillwater, OK.