A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 13:15:53 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.443 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0696 West, latitude 36.7577 North, depth = 6.443 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048w8. Id of event: us100048w8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 19:15:53 / December 22, 2015 @ 7:15 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Enid (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 25 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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