A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7011 West, latitude 36.4717 North, depth = 9.19 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 02:04:28 / July 9, 2016 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.19 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006249. Unique identifier: us10006249. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:04:28 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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 Watonga, Enid, Woodward. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 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 three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 30 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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