A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:08:55 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.892 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -98.0656 West, latitude 36.7718 North, depth = 5.892 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 14:08:55 / June 9, 2018 @ 2:08 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000enq3. Event ids that are associated: us1000enq3.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 26 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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