A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Sunday. Unique identifier: us100048ir. Ids that are associated to the event: us100048ir. The temblor was reported at 20:32:58 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.6186° West, 36.4888° North, depth 5 km. Global time and date of event 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 02:32:58 / December 21, 2015 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward, Enid (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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