A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Exact location, longitude -98.0711° West, latitude 36.7504° North, depth = 9.87 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 18:29:50 / December 6, 2015 @ 6:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.87 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:29:50 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100044gz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044gz.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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