A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.13 km (4 miles). Event id: us1000621y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000621y. Global time and date of event 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 22:40:28 / July 8, 2016 @ 10:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:40:28 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.745° West, 36.477° North, depth 6.13 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward. Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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