A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 23:19:27 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.62 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006258. Id of event: us10006258. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 04:19:27 / July 9, 2016 @ 4:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 3.62 km, -98.7543° West, 36.4499° North.
Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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