A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006898. Unique identifier: us10006898. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.46 km (2 miles). The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:18 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5763 West, latitude 36.2174 North, depth = 3.46 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 01:35:18 / July 29, 2016 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Del City, Midwest City, Watonga (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 27 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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