A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.225 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 16:48:16 / November 28, 2015 @ 4:48 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7.225 km, -98.0702° West, 36.7626° North. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:48:16 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100041x3. Event ids that are associated: us100041x3.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 25 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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