Minor earthquake: M2.95 quake has struck near Helena in Oklahoma

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Helena in Oklahoma on Thursday. Global time and date of event 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 14:31:16 / December 5, 2019 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ok2019xuqu. Event ids that are associated: ok2019xuqu. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:31:16 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.26 km, -98.15033333° West, 36.35916667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.26 km (4 miles).

Event epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Perry (c. 5 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Watonga (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Perry, Watonga, Enid (min 5000 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 four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.15033333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.35916667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-05 14:31:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-05 15:01:57	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	134	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0413918775	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	76	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	ok2019xuqu	Id of event.
Event Code	2019xuqu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ok2019xuqu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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