A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.26 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:06:17 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.26 km, -98.4448° West, 36.6467° North. Unique identifier: us10003zkh. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003zkh. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 15:06:17 / November 19, 2015 @ 3:06 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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