A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:37:05 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.549 km, -98.2501° West, 36.8506° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.549 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002zja. Unique identifier: us20002zja. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 22:37:05 / July 22, 2015 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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