A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.79 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000803z. Unique identifier: us2000803z. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 05:08:18 / December 12, 2016 @ 5:08 am. The temblor was picked up at 23:08:18 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7586 West, latitude 36.4471 North, depth = 6.79 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 31 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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