A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -98.06311798° West, latitude 36.76271057° North, depth = 2.259127855 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/19 / 2019-08-10 05:38:46 / August 10, 2019 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.259127855 km (1 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:38:46 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ok2019pofj. Event ids that are associated: ok2019pofj.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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