A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:22:39 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 09:22:39 / November 21, 2015 @ 9:22 am. Unique identifier: us1000402v. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000402v. Exact location of event, longitude -98.2217 West, latitude 36.8354 North, depth = 5 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 15 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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