A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -98.2778° West, 36.8263° North, depth 7.42 km. Unique identifier: us20005ads. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ads. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.42 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:00:42 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/16 / 2016-03-17 04:00:42 / March 17, 2016 @ 4:00 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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