A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.2866° West, 36.2159° North, depth 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 02:55:30 / June 14, 2016 @ 2:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:55:30 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006482. Id of event: us20006482.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was The Village, Piedmont, Blackwell.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 S of Perry, Oklahoma.
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