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Minor earthquake 3.32 mag, 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.874S, -97.44683333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nardin in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.44683333 West, latitude 36.874 North, depth = 7.56 km. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:08:12 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ok2020uvdc. Event ids that are associated: us6000cbv9, ok2020uvdc. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.56 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 04:08:12 / October 23, 2020 @ 4:08 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haysville, Derby, Mulvane (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ponca City (c. 25 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Derby (c. 22 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arkansas City (c. 12 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Winfield (c. 12 300 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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.

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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: 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.44683333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.874° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-23 04:08:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-23 13:37:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 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 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 171 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 ,us,ok, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 ok2020uvdc Id of event.
Event Code 2020uvdc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cbv9,ok2020uvdc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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