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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Orlando in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.11202621S, -97.31682587WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Orlando in Oklahoma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2024pnwd. Id of event: ok2024pnwd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 00:59:42 / August 9, 2024 @ 12:59 am. Exact location of event, longitude -97.31682587 West, latitude 36.11202621 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 00:59:42 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Blackwell, Del City, Midwest City. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.31682587° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.11202621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-09 00:59:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-09 01:07:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 121 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6524797678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.460472532 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192.8263707 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 ok2024pnwd Id of event.
Event Code 2024pnwd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2024pnwd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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