A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Global time and date of event 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 12:29:22 / September 22, 2015 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:22 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mvi. Id of event: us20003mvi. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.5177° West, 36.2768° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Cushing, Piedmont (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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