A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.05 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -98.7506° West, 36.4412° North, depth 6.05 km. The temblor was detected at 21:21:34 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000624e. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000624e. Global time and date of event 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 02:21:34 / July 9, 2016 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 30 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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