A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -98.7733° West, 36.4392° North. The temblor was reported at 14:59:32 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007lsl. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007lsl. Global time and date of event 21/12/16 / 2016-12-21 20:59:32 / December 21, 2016 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 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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