A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Event id: us10005gct. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gct. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.45 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/16 / 2016-05-10 17:27:16 / May 10, 2016 @ 5:27 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:27:16 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -96.8216 West, latitude 36.3087 North, depth = 10.45 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulsa, Skiatook, Guthrie (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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