A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:12:22 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/17 / 2017-05-30 23:12:22 / May 30, 2017 @ 11:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 4.5 km, -97.5099° West, 36.285° North. Id of earthquake: us10008wqm. Event ids that are associated: us10008wqm.
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), 60 km (37 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bethany (c. 19 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bethany, Warr Acres, The Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 19 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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