A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:12:45 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ntg. Unique identifier: us10007ntg. Exact location of event, longitude -97.3541 West, latitude 36.2636 North, depth = 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 20:12:45 / December 30, 2016 @ 8:12 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was The Village, Piedmont, Edmond.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma.
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