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Minor earthquake, 3.24 mag has occurred near Lucien in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.28389359S, -97.49972534WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Lucien in Oklahoma on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/20 / 2020-10-21 14:33:28 / October 21, 2020 @ 2:33 pm. Event id: ok2020usgs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ok2020usgs. Exact location of earthquake, -97.49972534° West, 36.28389359° North, depth 1.710588098 km. The temblor was reported at 14:33:28 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.710588098 km (1 miles).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guthrie (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Piedmont, Cushing, Edmond (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.49972534° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.28389359° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.710588098 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-21 14:33:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-21 14:35:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 162 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2152129263 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5963940134 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51.29225683 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 ok2020usgs Id of event.
Event Code 2020usgs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ok2020usgs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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