A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 01:48:23 / July 8, 2015 @ 1:48 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.397 km (3 miles). Event id: us20002w1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002w1v. Exact location of event, longitude -98.4432 West, latitude 36.7328 North, depth = 4.397 km. The temblor was detected at 20:48:23 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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