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

A 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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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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