A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Id of earthquake: us20006fbm. Event ids that are associated: us20006fbm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.92 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:04:46 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 08:04:46 / July 17, 2016 @ 8:04 am. Exact location of event, depth 5.92 km, -97.5067° West, 36.2877° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 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), 60 km (37 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 19 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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