A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Unique identifier: us10004dek. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004dek. The temblor was detected at 20:01:55 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 02:01:55 / January 11, 2016 @ 2:01 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.06 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -98.6742° West, 36.462° North, depth 8.06 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 27 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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