A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Event id: us100043c2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100043c2. Global time and date of event 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 15:17:53 / December 4, 2015 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.19 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:17:53 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.0374° West, latitude 36.7266° North, depth = 4.19 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 28 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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