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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

7 km E of Carney, Oklahoma

· 7.5 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 12 kmPayne County 31 kmLogan County 48 kmCreek County 51 kmOklahoma County 51 kmPawnee County 60 kmPottawatomie County 66 kmOkfuskee County 66 kmNoble County 70 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lincoln County, 12 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2671 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 35.8070, -96.9320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OK 12 km (8 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Payne County, OK 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Payne County
Logan County, OK 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Logan County
Creek County, OK 51 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Creek County
Oklahoma County, OK 51 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Pawnee County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pawnee County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 2 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 4 km E of Drumright, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
  4. 2.8 5 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
  8. 2.0 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
  9. 2.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
  10. 1.9 2 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
  13. 2.7 4 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 7 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — it released about 22,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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