A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008292. Id of event: us20008292. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7655 West, latitude 36.4578 North, depth = 7.931 km. Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 11:38:31 / December 18, 2016 @ 11:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:38:31 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.931 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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