A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.65 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7831 West, latitude 36.4428 North, depth = 1.65 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:32:30 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bnwk. Id of event: us2000bnwk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 12:32:30 / November 15, 2017 @ 12:32 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 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 one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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