Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag strikes near Waynoka in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Waynoka in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 23:51:09 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.712259412 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -98.79557037° West, latitude 36.46850967° North, depth = 1.712259412 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 23:51:09 / July 14, 2024 @ 11:51 pm. Unique identifier: ok2024nuch. Ids that are associated to the event: ok2024nuch, us7000mz9b.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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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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: 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.22 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.79557037° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.46850967° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.712259412 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-14 23:51:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-15 00:01:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	160	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01917215064	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7028786506 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40.14585876	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	ok2024nuch	Id of event.
Event Code	2024nuch	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ok2024nuch,us7000mz9b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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