A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7761 West, latitude 36.4636 North, depth = 12.41 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.41 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 21:06:50 / February 24, 2018 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000d7hi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7hi. The temblor was reported at 15:06:50 / 3:06 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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