A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10002y3s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002y3s. Exact location of earthquake, -97.5335° West, 36.2809° North, depth 5 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:23:48 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 14:23:48 / August 5, 2015 @ 2:23 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from The Village (c. 8 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Cushing, Piedmont (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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