A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 03:04:06 / August 29, 2018 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000gjab. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gjab. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:04:06 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.807 West, latitude 36.452 North, depth = 5 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 35 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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