A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 6.499 km, -98.2327° West, 36.3066° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003xi6. Unique identifier: us10003xi6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 11:41:54 / October 19, 2015 @ 11:41 am. The temblor was reported at 06:41:54 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.499 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Enid.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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