A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.83 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100040ai. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040ai. The temblor was reported at 02:12:32 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 08:12:32 / November 22, 2015 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.4563 West, latitude 36.6466 North, depth = 5.83 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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