A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.5108 West, latitude 36.2824 North, depth = 5 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:04 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10004820. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004820. Global time and date of event 18/12/15 / 2015-12-18 02:35:04 / December 18, 2015 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Cushing, Piedmont. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 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), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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