A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 04:17:59 / July 17, 2016 @ 4:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20006fas. Event ids that are associated: us20006fas. Exact location, longitude -97.5324° West, latitude 36.2808° North, depth = 7.63 km. The temblor was reported at 23:17:59 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.63 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yukon (c. 22 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Reno, Oklahoma City, Choctaw (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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