A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 15:44:32 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200050fc. Event ids that are associated: us200050fc. Exact location, longitude -97.3788° West, latitude 36.2589° North, depth = 3.75 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.75 km (2 miles). Global time and date of event 15/02/16 / 2016-02-15 21:44:32 / February 15, 2016 @ 9:44 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Piedmont, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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