A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.871 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us20003p8f. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003p8f. The temblor was reported at 15:14:52 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 20:14:52 / September 25, 2015 @ 8:14 pm. Exact location, longitude -97.5057° West, latitude 36.2815° North, depth = 7.871 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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