A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 06:16:14 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 11:16:14 / July 21, 2015 @ 11:16 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yvl. Unique identifier: us20002yvl. Exact location, longitude -98.2519° West, latitude 36.8171° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
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). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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