A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:07:02 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 18:07:02 / June 10, 2018 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.0709 West, latitude 36.7703 North, depth = 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000emst. Unique identifier: us1000emst. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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