A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:02:45 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 12:02:45 / December 10, 2017 @ 12:02 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000c2km. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2km. Exact location of earthquake, -98.4166° West, 36.6881° North, depth 5 km.
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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