A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -98.6079° West, 36.4687° North, depth 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100044ct. Id of event: us100044ct. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:04:38 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 03:04:38 / December 6, 2015 @ 3:04 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward, Enid.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 24 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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