A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/16 / 2016-01-19 20:45:57 / January 19, 2016 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 3.73 km, -98.6801° West, 36.4858° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.73 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004fpc. Unique identifier: us10004fpc. The temblor was detected at 14:45:57 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Enid, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 30 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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