A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 16:41:38 / July 14, 2015 @ 4:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.589 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xg3. Unique identifier: us20002xg3. Exact location of event, longitude -97.5099 West, latitude 36.2814 North, depth = 6.589 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:41:38 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cushing, Piedmont, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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