A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004hct. Id of event: us20004hct. Exact location of earthquake, -98.0472° West, 36.7459° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was detected at 10:49:11 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 16:49:11 / December 15, 2015 @ 4:49 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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