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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Wilson in Oklahoma

Posted by admin on October 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.0896S, -97.4637WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000heyp. Event ids that are associated: us1000heyp. The temblor was detected at 06:47:59 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/18 / 2018-10-20 12:47:59 / October 20, 2018 @ 12:47 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -97.4637° West, 34.0896° North, depth 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Gainesville (c. 16 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bowie (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pauls Valley, Bowie, Duncan.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.4637° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0896° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-20 12:47:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-20 13:01:13 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 148 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 0.254 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us1000heyp Id of event.
Event Code 1000heyp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000heyp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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