A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 16:21:23 / July 24, 2015 @ 4:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -98.217° West, 36.809° North, depth 5 km. Unique identifier: us20002zvw. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002zvw. The temblor was detected at 11:21:23 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 13 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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