A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006cl4. Unique identifier: us10006cl4. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.0959° West, latitude 36.7052° North, depth = 5 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:20:20 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 12:20:20 / August 10, 2016 @ 12:20 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 23 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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