A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007e18. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007e18. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:43:58 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 14:43:58 / December 1, 2016 @ 2:43 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7273 West, latitude 36.4464 North, depth = 5 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 29 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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