A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 21:22:56 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ewm. Unique identifier: us10007ewm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 03:22:56 / December 5, 2016 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -96.65° West, 36.3132° North, depth 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Claremore, Arkansas City, Guthrie (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Broken Arrow (c. 98 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bartlesville (c. 35 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Owasso (c. 28 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma.
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