A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004h01. Id of event: us20004h01. Exact location of event, longitude -97.5043 West, latitude 36.2783 North, depth = 2.32 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/15 / 2015-12-14 06:54:41 / December 14, 2015 @ 6:54 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:54:41 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.32 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event 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), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Piedmont, Cushing (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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