A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 06:09:29 / December 15, 2018 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:09:29 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itsm. Unique identifier: us2000itsm. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -98.7588° West, 36.4481° North.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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