Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Enid in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Enid in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:25:16 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700037f8. Id of event: us700037f8. Global time and date of event 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 21:25:16 / April 16, 2019 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -97.74° West, 36.474° North, depth 5 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stillwater, Guthrie, Ponca City (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NE of Enid, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.74° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.474° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km NE of Enid, Oklahoma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-04-16 21:25:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-16 21:41:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	130	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	0.198	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	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	us700037f8	Id of event.
Event Code	700037f8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700037f8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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