A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 10:50:37 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002ki9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002ki9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.006 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.5363 West, latitude 36.2938 North, depth = 6.006 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/15 / 2015-06-20 15:50:37 / June 20, 2015 @ 3:50 pm.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cushing, Piedmont, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 22 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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