Minor earthquake, 3.92 mag was detected near Waynoka in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Waynoka in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, longitude -98.80558014 West, latitude 36.47633743 North, depth = 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 02:46:58 / July 15, 2024 @ 2:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2024nuic. Id of event: ok2024nuic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:58 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.80558014° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.47633743° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 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	2024-07-15 02:46:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-15 02:54:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	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	237	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	80	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02678007819	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.4450045888 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74.04205704	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	ok2024nuic	Id of event.
Event Code	2024nuic	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ok2024nuic,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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