A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 19:25:50 / November 22, 2017 @ 7:25 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -98.089° West, 36.7493° North, depth 7.363 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.363 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:25:50 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000bt4b. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bt4b.
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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