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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Wilson in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 35.5462S, -96.091WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Wilson in Oklahoma. The temblor was picked up at 20:36:53 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hxat. Event ids that are associated: us1000hxat. Exact location of earthquake, -96.091° West, 35.5462° North, depth 17.91 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.91 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 02:36:53 / November 28, 2018 @ 2:36 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McAlester, Muskogee, Tulsa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tulsa (c. 391 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Broken Arrow (c. 98 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Muskogee (c. 39 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bixby (c. 20 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sapulpa (c. 20 500 pop).

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 has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 6 km NW of Wilson, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.091° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5462° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NW of Wilson, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-28 02:36:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-30 05:06:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 reviewed 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.437 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us1000hxat Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hxat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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