A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:05:28 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.4938° West, latitude 36.1822° North, depth = 3.62 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 01:05:28 / September 10, 2015 @ 1:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.62 km (2 miles). Event id: us20003hp0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hp0.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages 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 (37 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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