A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 18:46:31 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100042ca. Ids that are associated to the event: us100042ca. Exact location, longitude -98.4676° West, latitude 36.6367° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 00:46:31 / December 1, 2015 @ 12:46 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 16 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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