A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 09:42:51 / January 2, 2019 @ 9:42 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0512 West, latitude 36.7595 North, depth = 7.78 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:42:51 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000izsx. Id of event: us2000izsx. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.78 km (5 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 27 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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