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Minor earthquake: M3.72 quake has struck near Quinton in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.10633333S, -95.34816667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Quinton in Oklahoma. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:07:13 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 16.08 km, -95.34816667° West, 35.10633333° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.08 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 09:07:13 / August 18, 2019 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056ng, ok2019qdcg. Id of event: ok2019qdcg.

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from McAlester (c. 18 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Okmulgee (c. 12 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sallisaw (c. 8 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Poteau (c. 8 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Henryetta (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Okmulgee, Muskogee, Henryetta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 1 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.72 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.34816667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.10633333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-18 09:07:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-18 11:54:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 58 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.815 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 241 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 ,us,ok, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 ok2019qdcg Id of event.
Event Code 2019qdcg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600056ng,ok2019qdcg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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