A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:08:10 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20007d92. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007d92. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.5073 West, latitude 36.287 North, depth = 7.076 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/10/16 / 2016-10-11 17:08:10 / October 11, 2016 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.076 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event 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).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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