A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 16:29:29 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5187 West, latitude 36.2817 North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/16 / 2016-09-08 21:29:29 / September 8, 2016 @ 9:29 pm. Unique identifier: us10006n67. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006n67.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 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), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Warr Acres (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Warr Acres, The Village, Cushing (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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