A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062e3. Id of event: us200062e3. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:50 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 18:54:50 / June 6, 2016 @ 6:54 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -96.75 West, latitude 36.2841 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Collinsville, Owasso, Glenpool (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Owasso (c. 28 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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