Minor earthquake: M3.47 quake has struck near Waynoka in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Waynoka in Oklahoma. The 3.47-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:45:45 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.2910785675 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2024pzon. Id of event: ok2024pzon. Exact location of earthquake, -98.80023193° West, 36.47251511° North, depth 0.2910785675 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 10:45:45 / August 15, 2024 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enid, Watonga, Woodward. Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Woodward (c. 12 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.47 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.80023193° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.47251511° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.2910785675 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	2024-08-15 10:45:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-15 10:55:01	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	185	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5928518176	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69958406 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102.8306732	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	ok2024pzon	Id of event.
Event Code	2024pzon	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ok2024pzon,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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