A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Global time and date of event 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 12:48:15 / December 29, 2015 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:48:15 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004a8j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a8j. Exact location of earthquake, -98.7151° West, 36.4406° North, depth 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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