A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.1974 West, latitude 36.8073 North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002yq7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yq7. The temblor was picked up at 15:19:04 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 20:19:04 / July 20, 2015 @ 8:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid. Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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Terry
I felt the earthquake in Tulsa at 3:19 P.M.