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Minor earthquake: M2.7 quake strikes near Cherokee in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.8671S, -98.1198WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.7 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 10:45:09 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5.302 km (3 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-20 04:45:09 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -98.1198 West, latitude 36.8671 North, depth 5.302 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.1198° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.8671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.302 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-12-20 04:45:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-12-20 05:24:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 112 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources us A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000t8mv Id of event.
Event Code c000t8mv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000t8mv A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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