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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Perry in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.3943S, -97.2938WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -97.2938° West, 36.3943° North, depth 6.525 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.525 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006n1a. Event ids that are associated: us10006n1a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/16 / 2016-09-08 15:36:22 / September 8, 2016 @ 3:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:36:22 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cushing (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cushing, Guthrie, Enid (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km N of Perry, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.2938° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.525 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km N of Perry, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-08 15:36:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-08 21:05:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10006n1a Id of event.
Event Code 10006n1a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006n1a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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