A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8922° West, 36.4394° North, depth 5.13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.13 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 12:23:05 / October 9, 2016 @ 12:23 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:23:05 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cxl. Id of event: us20007cxl.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulsa, Sapulpa, Skiatook. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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