A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Unique identifier: us100044cf. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044cf. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.52 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.6917 West, latitude 36.4542 North, depth = 2.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 01:01:42 / December 6, 2015 @ 1:01 am. The temblor was detected at 19:01:42 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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