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Minor earthquake 3.04 mag, 10 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.01029968S, -97.75095367WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Alex in Oklahoma. Exact location of event, depth 0.4537198842 km, -97.75095367° West, 35.01029968° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.4537198842 km (0 miles). The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:17:16 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 08:17:16 / August 31, 2024 @ 8:17 am. Unique identifier: ok2024rcpp. Ids that are associated to the event: ok2024rcpp.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Lawton (c. 96 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Edmond, Harrah, Lawton.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five 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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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: 10 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.75095367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.01029968° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.4537198842 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-31 08:17:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 08:27:27 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 142 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1066460758 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8251362397 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21.62415314 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 ok2024rcpp Id of event.
Event Code 2024rcpp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2024rcpp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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