A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Saturday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:16:25 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cs4. Id of event: us10005cs4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.03 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.1495° West, latitude 36.856° North, depth = 6.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 23:16:25 / April 30, 2016 @ 11:16 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 21 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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