A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 00:43:51 / November 25, 2015 @ 12:43 am. Id of earthquake: us1000413f. Event ids that are associated: us1000413f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.2335 West, latitude 36.8204 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:51 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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