A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -98.4567° West, 36.6463° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:22:05 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 11:22:05 / November 20, 2015 @ 11:22 am. Id of earthquake: us10003zt0. Event ids that are associated: us10003zt0.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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