A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000438i. Unique identifier: us1000438i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.52 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 05:08:13 / December 4, 2015 @ 5:08 am. The temblor was reported at 23:08:13 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.2563 West, latitude 36.8339 North, depth = 4.52 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 12 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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