A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.29 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -98.0674° West, latitude 36.7294° North, depth = 2.29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 08:23:55 / November 10, 2015 @ 8:23 am. The temblor was reported at 02:23:55 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003w7j. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003w7j.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid. Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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