A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.34 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7.34 km, -98.2561° West, 36.6808° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 10:55:55 / May 5, 2016 @ 10:55 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:55:55 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10005dzr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dzr.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). 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 Enid.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 12 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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