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Minor earthquake: M3 quake strikes near Langston in Oklahoma

Posted by admin on May 18, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 35.8265S, -97.2238WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Langston in Oklahoma. The temblor was reported at 11:46:50 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 6.318 km (4 miles). Global time of event 18/05/15 / 2015-05-18 16:46:50 / May 18, 2015 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2238 West, latitude 35.8265 North, depth 6.318 km, unique identifier, us10002a86. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002a86,.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Noble, El Reno, Newcastle.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.2238° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.318 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km SSE of Langston, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-18 16:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-18 17:26:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 138 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 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us10002a86 Id of event.
Event Code 10002a86 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002a86, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Karie

    Felt the thud then I’m on the 3rd floor… building was swaying… different feel than California quakes.

    May 18, 2015
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