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Minor earthquake 2.91 mag, 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma

Posted by admin on February 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.49110794S, -98.73786163WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fairview in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -98.73786163° West, 36.49110794° North, depth 2.620843887 km. Unique identifier: ok2020dqpd. Ids that are associated to the event: ok2020dqpd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.620843887 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/20 / 2020-02-21 18:25:58 / February 21, 2020 @ 6:25 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:25:58 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodward (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 33 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.73786163° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.49110794° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.620843887 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-21 18:25:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-21 18:29:29 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 130 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01334371883 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.573597667 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40.25875854 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 ok2020dqpd Id of event.
Event Code 2020dqpd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2020dqpd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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