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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Hennessey in Oklahoma

Posted by admin on January 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.9882S, -97.8729WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hennessey in Oklahoma on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cmjv. Unique identifier: us2000cmjv. Exact location of earthquake, -97.8729° West, 35.9882° North, depth 5.091 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.091 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:22:33 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/18 / 2018-01-22 17:22:33 / January 22, 2018 @ 5:22 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Midwest City, Del City (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 13 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.8729° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9882° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.091 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-22 17:22:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-22 19:58:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 129 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 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us2000cmjv Id of event.
Event Code 2000cmjv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cmjv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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