A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.815 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:15:18 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.5348° West, latitude 36.2953° North, depth = 6.815 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002l5t. Unique identifier: us10002l5t. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/15 / 2015-06-14 19:15:18 / June 14, 2015 @ 7:15 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cushing, Piedmont, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 22 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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