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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

11 km NW of White Oak, Oklahoma

· 0.0 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Craig County 17 kmNowata County 25 kmRogers County 40 kmMayes County 44 kmWashington County 48 kmOttawa County 53 kmLabette County 57 kmDelaware County 60 kmMontgomery County 65 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Craig County, 17 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2616 days ago

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

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 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 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 36.6842, -95.3697. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Craig County, OK 17 km (11 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Craig County
Nowata County, OK 25 km (15 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Nowata County
Rogers County, OK 40 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Rogers County
Mayes County, OK 44 km (27 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mayes County
Washington County, OK 48 km (30 mi) E of here earthquakes near Washington County
Ottawa County, OK 53 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ottawa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km N of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 3 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 2 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 4 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 2 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  6. 2.0 3 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 5 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 1 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 2 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 4 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 5 km WSW of Hoot Owl, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 2 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 3 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 3 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, 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.

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