A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Event id: us10003jfb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003jfb. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:56:35 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/15 / 2015-10-01 05:56:35 / October 1, 2015 @ 5:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.47 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.2374° West, latitude 36.2546° North, depth = 2.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 Bethany, Warr Acres, Harrah. Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bethany (c. 19 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Choctaw (c. 11 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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