A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -98.7511° West, 36.472° North, depth 10.137 km. Id of earthquake: us20005075. Event ids that are associated: us20005075. Global time and date of event 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 22:42:58 / February 14, 2016 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:42:58 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.137 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward. Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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