A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 22:52:24 / July 8, 2016 @ 10:52 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:52:24 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.55 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 6.55 km, -98.7439° West, 36.475° North. Id of earthquake: us10006223. Event ids that are associated: us10006223.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 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 eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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