A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.99 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:46:06 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/01/16 / 2016-01-02 13:46:06 / January 2, 2016 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10004avk. Event ids that are associated: us10004avk. Exact location of event, depth 2.99 km, -97.4621° West, 36.2749° North.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Piedmont, Cushing (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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