A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.1 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000itnf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itnf. The temblor was detected at 11:45:18 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.1 km, -98.7778° West, 36.4497° North. Global time and date of event 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 17:45:18 / December 14, 2018 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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