A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003yhc. Event ids that are associated: us10003yhc. The temblor was picked up at 03:45:31 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 09:45:31 / November 15, 2015 @ 9:45 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -98.7258° West, 36.453° North, depth 5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 30 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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Lititia Dowe
Live 25 miles SE of epicenter, felt strong lifts and falls lasting for 10 seconds. Woke everyone in house and evoked fear but no damage seen at this time.