A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.1 km (1 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:26:00 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 20:26:00 / October 21, 2016 @ 8:26 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20007g02. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007g02. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -98.7537 West, latitude 36.4406 North, depth = 2.1 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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