A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The temblor was detected at 21:29:22 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.4378° West, latitude 36.2482° North, depth = 1.99 km. Unique identifier: us20009wut. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009wut. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/17 / 2017-07-17 03:29:22 / July 17, 2017 @ 3:29 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.99 km (1 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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