A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Perkins in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:43:03 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100030by. Ids that are associated to the event: us100030by. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 21:43:03 / August 7, 2015 @ 9:43 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.66 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.0931 West, latitude 35.9553 North, depth = 7.66 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moore, Shawnee, Bethany (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WSW of Perkins, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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