A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:01:29 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.786 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 11:01:29 / November 21, 2015 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.4668 West, latitude 36.6571 North, depth = 7.786 km. Event id: us20004fpc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004fpc.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-four 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 earthquakes 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: 14 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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