A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 7.775 km, -98.7515° West, 36.4687° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 23:22:36 / July 8, 2016 @ 11:22 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.775 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000622f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000622f. The temblor was reported at 18:22:36 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 32 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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