A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us20003her. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003her. Exact location, longitude -97.4918° West, latitude 36.181° North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 21:26:20 / September 8, 2015 @ 9:26 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:26:20 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oklahoma City, Yukon, Choctaw (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 21 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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