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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Fairview in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.4665S, -98.7654WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/16 / 2016-02-13 17:22:10 / February 13, 2016 @ 5:22 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.582 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004u88. Event ids that are associated: us10004u88. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7654 West, latitude 36.4665 North, depth = 7.582 km. The temblor was reported at 11:22:10 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward. Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.7654° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.582 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-13 17:22:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-12 18:48:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10004u88 Id of event.
Event Code 10004u88 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004u88, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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