A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Thursday. Unique identifier: us10004c1m. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004c1m. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 08:37:11 / January 7, 2016 @ 8:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.6662 West, latitude 36.4712 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:37:11 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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