A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Monday. The temblor was detected at 15:54:32 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yqj. Id of event: us20002yqj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 20:54:32 / July 20, 2015 @ 8:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -98.2021 West, latitude 36.8457 North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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