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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Cherokee in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.818S, -98.2733WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Monday. The temblor was reported at 15:17:46 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100040je. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040je. Exact location of earthquake, -98.2733° West, 36.818° North, depth 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 21:17:46 / November 23, 2015 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.2733° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.818° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NE 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 2015-11-23 21:17:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-23 21:36:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 157 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.44 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 0 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 364 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 0.052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100040je Id of event.
Event Code 100040je An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100040je, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

1 Comment

  1. Sheri

    Yes, we are. Felt that one, it lasted a for several seconds. I don’t like it!

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