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Minor earthquake, 3.25 mag strikes near Okarche in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.81289291S, -98.10839844WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Okarche in Oklahoma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.445156574 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 06:34:58 / August 9, 2019 @ 6:34 am. Exact location of event, longitude -98.10839844 West, latitude 35.81289291 North, depth = 4.445156574 km. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:34:58 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ok2019pmls. Unique identifier: ok2019pmls.

Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newcastle, Moore, Midwest City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 15 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.10839844° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.81289291° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.445156574 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-09 06:34:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-09 06:36:13 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 automatic 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 162 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ok The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ok, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1716142595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29594185 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25.82925415 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 ok2019pmls Id of event.
Event Code 2019pmls An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2019pmls, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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