A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 06:39:57 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 12:39:57 / December 12, 2015 @ 12:39 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.26 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.4731° West, latitude 36.2812° North, depth = 4.26 km. Unique identifier: us20004gpy. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004gpy.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 16 km W of Perry, Oklahoma.
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