A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:06:44 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.7425 West, latitude 36.4507 North, depth = 4.85 km. Event id: us2000b15z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b15z. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 22:06:44 / October 4, 2017 @ 10:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.85 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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