A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 3.83 km, -98.0547° West, 36.7594° North. Unique identifier: us10007u6w. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007u6w. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 21:30:05 / January 19, 2017 @ 9:30 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.83 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:30:05 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 26 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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