A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Sunday. Unique identifier: us1000i59s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i59s. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:10 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.8044° West, 36.4433° North, depth 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 06:14:10 / December 9, 2018 @ 6:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 34 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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