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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Luther in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.7193S, -97.1638WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Luther in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:46:12 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 22:46:12 / February 17, 2016 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -97.1638 West, latitude 35.7193 North, depth = 5.193 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.193 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us10004qn5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004qn5.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tuttle, El Reno, Seminole. Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 7 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.1638° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7193° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.193 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-17 22:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-05 06:30:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 121 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 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us10004qn5 Id of event.
Event Code 10004qn5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004qn5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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