A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 06:20:00 / December 2, 2015 @ 6:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.34 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:20:00 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0395 West, latitude 36.7282 North, depth = 9.34 km. Event id: us100042mf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042mf.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 28 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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