A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -97.5182 West, latitude 36.2769 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:10:02 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003l7i. Event ids that are associated: us20003l7i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 13:10:02 / September 18, 2015 @ 1:10 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was The Village, Cushing, Piedmont. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 20 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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