Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Wilson in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 05:56:26 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.53 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000j87t. Event ids that are associated: us2000j87t. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 11:56:26 / January 24, 2019 @ 11:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -97.4491 West, latitude 34.1134 North, depth = 13.53 km.

Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Ardmore (c. 24 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Duncan (c. 23 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Gainesville (c. 16 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pauls Valley (c. 6 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bowie (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pauls Valley, Bowie, Duncan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 5 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.4491° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.1134° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.53 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km 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	2019-01-24 11:56:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-24 12:05:59	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	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	0.58	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us2000j87t	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j87t	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j87t,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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