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M 2.2ml

Oklahoma

Yes. A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma, 50 km (31 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK, at 4:40 am CDT on 27 June 2019 (09:40 UTC), 8.2 km deep.

50 km (31 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 43 km (27 mi) WSW of Moore, OK

· 8.2 km deep · released about 54 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 12 kmMcClain County 41 kmCaddo County 46 kmCanadian County 47 kmCleveland County 51 kmOklahoma County 64 kmGarvin County 69 kmStephens County 72 kmComanche County 75 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grady County, 12 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2694 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Chickasha 10 km, intensity II · Tuttle 19 km, intensity II · Blanchard 20 km, intensity II · Minco 22 km, intensity II · Union City 30 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 54 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 280,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 54 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 35.1248, -97.8762. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 12 km (7 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 41 km (25 mi) ESE earthquakes near McClain County
Caddo County, OK 46 km (29 mi) W earthquakes near Caddo County
Canadian County, OK 47 km (30 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
Cleveland County, OK 51 km (32 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County
Oklahoma County, OK 64 km (40 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 3 km S of Minco, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 8 km NW of Newcastle, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 7 km NW of Newcastle, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 7 km NNW of Newcastle, Oklahoma
  6. 1.9 7 km NW of Newcastle, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 6 km SSE of Mustang, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 4 km NW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 4 km NW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  10. 2.4 6 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 6 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 7 km E of Amber, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 6 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 7 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma
  15. 2.1 7 km NNE of Union City, 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.

On USGS

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