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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

1 km W of Avard, Oklahoma

· 5.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Woods County 6 kmAlfalfa County 44 kmMajor County 49 kmWoodward County 51 kmBarber County 59 kmComanche County 66 kmHarper County 77 kmDewey County 82 kmHarper County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Woods County, 6 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2581 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 36.7000, -98.8103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Woods County, OK 6 km (3 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Woods County
Alfalfa County, OK 44 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Major County, OK 49 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Major County
Woodward County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Woodward County
Barber County, KS 59 km (37 mi) S of here earthquakes near Barber County
Comanche County, KS 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Comanche County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 6 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 8 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  6. 2.0 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  8. 2.3 16 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  12. 1.5 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  15. 2.4 1 km WNW of Lambert, 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — it released about 130,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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