Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Pawnee in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pawnee in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 18:12:48 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 00:12:48 / December 2, 2018 @ 12:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.03 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.9153 West, latitude 36.4128 North, depth = 9.03 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i02y. Id of event: us1000i02y.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sand Springs, Guthrie, Arkansas City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sand Springs (c. 18 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-96.9153° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4128° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-02 00:12:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-02 00:24:53	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	0.023	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 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	us1000i02y	Id of event.
Event Code	1000i02y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000i02y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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