A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Friday. The temblor was detected at 11:31:32 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 17:31:32 / December 4, 2015 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100043e3. Event ids that are associated: us100043e3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.689 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -98.2833° West, 36.835° North, depth 4.689 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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