A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 07:20:22 / November 11, 2015 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003xas. Unique identifier: us10003xas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.5 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -98.6761° West, 36.4979° North, depth 6.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:20:22 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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