A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.48 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/03/16 / 2016-03-17 03:34:18 / March 17, 2016 @ 3:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, -98.2843° West, 36.8284° North, depth 6.48 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005adn. Id of event: us20005adn. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:18 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and two 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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