A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2556 West, latitude 36.2796 North, depth = 2.38 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 02:32:14 / August 26, 2015 @ 2:32 am. The temblor was reported at 21:32:14 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100034xv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034xv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.38 km (1 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Edmond, Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 3 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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