A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.7737 West, latitude 36.4629 North, depth = 7.92 km. Global time and date of event 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 07:42:48 / December 17, 2018 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.92 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iud8. Id of event: us2000iud8. The temblor was detected at 01:42:48 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 34 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.
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