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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag was detected near Cole in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.09734726S, -97.5216217WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Cole in Oklahoma. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.3577981 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -97.5216217° West, latitude 35.09734726° North, depth = 2.3577981 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:30:39 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 17:30:39 / September 30, 2024 @ 5:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2024tgcz. Id of event: ok2024tgcz.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anadarko, Piedmont, El Reno.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 4 km E of Cole, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.5216217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.09734726° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.3577981 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km E of Cole, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-30 17:30:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-30 17:38:29 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 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 129 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02409950085 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.601623275 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43.8891983 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 ok2024tgcz Id of event.
Event Code 2024tgcz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2024tgcz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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