A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Perry in Oklahoma on Thursday. Unique identifier: us20008fur. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008fur. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/17 / 2017-02-02 07:16:45 / February 2, 2017 @ 7:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.35 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:16:45 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -97.5118° West, latitude 36.2756° North, depth = 1.35 km.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 45 km (28 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 Cushing, Piedmont, Edmond.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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