A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 11:39:41 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -97.5061° West, 36.2848° North, depth 7.244 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.244 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us20007yy9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007yy9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 17:39:41 / December 7, 2016 @ 5:39 pm.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km W of Perry, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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