A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Thursday. Global time and date of event 01/09/16 / 2016-09-01 06:25:19 / September 1, 2016 @ 6:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -98.5915° West, 36.4787° North, depth 5.44 km. Unique identifier: us10006j8h. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006j8h. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:25:19 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.44 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward, Enid (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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