A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, -98.7745° West, 36.4323° North, depth 7.24 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 05:03:26 / December 20, 2016 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.24 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: us200082pw. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082pw. The temblor was detected at 23:03:26 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 32 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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