A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -98.2533 West, latitude 36.6826 North, depth = 11.11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 20:47:22 / November 13, 2015 @ 8:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003y6y. Id of event: us10003y6y. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:47:22 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 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 one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 12 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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