A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.05 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -98.7361° West, latitude 36.4657° North, depth = 5.05 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/16 / 2016-06-28 19:26:25 / June 28, 2016 @ 7:26 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:26:25 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200067mh. Unique identifier: us200067mh.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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