A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d6be. Unique identifier: us2000d6be. Exact location of event, longitude -97.3728 West, latitude 36.2118 North, depth = 2.65 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:50 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 09:54:50 / February 22, 2018 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.65 km (2 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Piedmont, Blackwell (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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