A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -98.1488° West, latitude 36.6565° North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002m68. Id of event: us10002m68. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:35:19 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 01:35:19 / June 28, 2015 @ 1:35 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma.
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