A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:17 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/15 / 2015-08-20 00:49:17 / August 20, 2015 @ 12:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033jw. Id of event: us100033jw. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.2548 West, latitude 36.8484 North, depth = 3.933 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.933 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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