A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000629l. Event ids that are associated: us1000629l. Exact location of earthquake, -98.7372° West, 36.4801° North, depth 7.715 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.715 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 22:30:40 / July 9, 2016 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:30:40 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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