A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.64 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -98.0551 West, latitude 36.7573 North, depth = 5.64 km. Event id: us2000fte1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fte1. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:12 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 00:03:12 / July 2, 2018 @ 12:03 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 26 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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