A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Sunday. Unique identifier: us10002l6u. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002l6u. Exact location of event, longitude -98.4943 West, latitude 36.8158 North, depth = 7.855 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/15 / 2015-06-14 17:35:02 / June 14, 2015 @ 5:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.855 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:35:02 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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