A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -98.5991° West, 36.4784° North, depth 6.89 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 21:31:58 / July 8, 2016 @ 9:31 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.89 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006215. Id of event: us10006215. The temblor was reported at 16:31:58 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward, Enid. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 25 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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