A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -96.8776 West, latitude 36.4211 North, depth = 5 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:47:04 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/16 / 2016-09-03 14:47:04 / September 3, 2016 @ 2:47 pm. Event id: us10006jzx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006jzx.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Skiatook, Guthrie, Sand Springs.
Each 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 six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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