A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Event id: us10006a79. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a79. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 00:13:07 / August 5, 2016 @ 12:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7333 West, latitude 36.4665 North, depth = 8.99 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:13:07 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.99 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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