A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Saturday. Unique identifier: us10007tca. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007tca. The temblor was picked up at 23:19:46 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/17 / 2017-01-15 05:19:46 / January 15, 2017 @ 5:19 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -98.7427 West, latitude 36.4546 North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 58 km (36 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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