A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma on Saturday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:47:51 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -96.8006° West, latitude 35.9838° North, depth = 5.11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 20:47:51 / September 9, 2017 @ 8:47 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.11 km (3 miles). Event id: us2000aj13. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aj13.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Midwest City, Jenks, Tulsa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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