A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004zjw. Unique identifier: us20004zjw. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/16 / 2016-02-11 19:49:13 / February 11, 2016 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:49:13 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.7088° West, latitude 36.4726° North, depth = 5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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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