A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.1329 West, latitude 36.3674 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us10003yzr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003yzr. The temblor was picked up at 10:50:49 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 16:50:49 / November 17, 2015 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arkansas City, Enid, Guthrie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply