A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. Global time and date of event 07/04/18 / 2018-04-07 09:48:03 / April 7, 2018 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:48:03 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.98 km (3 miles). Event id: us2000dvz7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dvz7. Exact location of earthquake, -97.575° West, 36.2129° North, depth 4.98 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bethany, Cushing, Warr Acres. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bethany (c. 19 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 27 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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