A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 02:10:12 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/04/17 / 2017-04-02 08:10:12 / April 2, 2017 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10008dwv. Event ids that are associated: us10008dwv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.2618° West, latitude 36.8118° North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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