A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:31:35 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.0546 West, latitude 36.7657 North, depth = 7.191 km. Unique identifier: us10004257. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004257. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.191 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 11:31:35 / November 30, 2015 @ 11:31 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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