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M 1.6ml

6 km N of Union City, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 11 kmGrady County 48 kmOklahoma County 49 kmCaddo County 51 kmKingfisher County 56 kmCleveland County 61 kmMcClain County 65 kmBlaine County 66 kmLogan County 68 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canadian County, 11 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2589 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 35.4482, -97.9318. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Canadian County, OK 11 km (7 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Grady County, OK 48 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Grady County
Oklahoma County, OK 49 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Caddo County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Caddo County
Kingfisher County, OK 56 km (35 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Cleveland County, OK 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km NE of El Reno, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 10 km ENE of El Reno, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 1 km SE of Minco, Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 1 km SSW of Minco, Oklahoma
  5. 2.3 3 km S of Minco, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 1 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma
  7. 2.4 2 km S of Minco, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 14 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  9. 2.4 9 km W of Dibble, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 15 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 14 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 15 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  13. 2.2 3 km SSE of Minco, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 15 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  15. 2.3 3 km SSE of Minco, 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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