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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 7 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.0098S, -96.8439WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Cushing in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.69 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:17 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 12:35:17 / September 18, 2015 @ 12:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -96.8439° West, 36.0098° North, depth 3.69 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003l6t. Id of event: us20003l6t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shawnee (c. 29 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piedmont, Okmulgee, Bethany.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 7 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.8439° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0098° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-18 12:35:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-18 12:59:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 41 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.79 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 277 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 0.056 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20003l6t Id of event.
Event Code 20003l6t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003l6t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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