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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Manchester in Oklahoma


Earthquake location 36.96366667S, -98.09383333WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Manchester in Oklahoma on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/21 / 2021-02-19 13:56:57 / February 19, 2021 @ 1:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -98.09383333° West, 36.96366667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000diwi, ok2021dmpg. Unique identifier: ok2021dmpg. The temblor was detected at 13:56:57 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackwell, Wellington, Enid.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.09383333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.96366667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-19 13:56:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-19 14:32:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 843 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.418 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 845 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 98 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 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ok2021dmpg Id of event.
Event Code 2021dmpg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000diwi,ok2021dmpg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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