A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.208 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006ehv. Event ids that are associated: us10006ehv. The temblor was detected at 13:37:23 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/16 / 2016-08-17 18:37:23 / August 17, 2016 @ 6:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5663 West, latitude 36.2723 North, depth = 6.208 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Edmond, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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