A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:11:13 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zxn. Id of event: us10003zxn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -98.0757° West, 36.7266° North, depth 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 21:11:13 / November 20, 2015 @ 9:11 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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