A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 22:02:51 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.329 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/15 / 2015-06-12 03:02:51 / June 12, 2015 @ 3:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -97.2855° West, latitude 36.4381° North, depth = 5.329 km. Id of earthquake: us10002k34. Event ids that are associated: us10002k34.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Cushing, Guthrie.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 16 km N of Perry, Oklahoma.
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