A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 8.1 km, -98.3418° West, 36.7904° North. Global time and date of event 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 08:27:26 / August 30, 2015 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:27:26 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.1 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000364s. Id of event: us1000364s.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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