A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/16 / 2016-01-29 21:58:08 / January 29, 2016 @ 9:58 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -98.7177° West, 36.4769° North. The temblor was reported at 15:58:08 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20004vn5. Event ids that are associated: us20004vn5.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 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 four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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