A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 11:31:01 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20008mex. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008mex. Exact location, longitude -97.5618° West, latitude 36.2097° North, depth = 2.13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/17 / 2017-02-25 17:31:01 / February 25, 2017 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.13 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yukon, Bethany, Warr Acres. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yukon (c. 22 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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