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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Minco, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Minco in the 24 hours to 10:47 am CST (16:47 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 34 km (21 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Minco

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south of Minco, OK, at 5:41 am CDT on 24 September 2019 (10:41 UTC), 6.5 km deep.

USGS: 2 km S of Minco, Oklahoma

44 km (27 mi) WSW of Oklahoma City, OK · 43 km (26 mi) W of Moore, OK

5:41 am CDT, Sep 24, 2019 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 29 kmGrady County 30 kmCaddo County 42 kmMcClain County 54 kmOklahoma County 57 kmCleveland County 57 kmKingfisher County 73 kmBlaine County 79 kmLogan County 82 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
5:41 am CDT on 24 September 2019 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) south of Minco, OK · earthquakes near Minco
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canadian County, 29 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2605 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 39 km (24 mi) from the epicentre. In Minco, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). 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: Minco 3 km, intensity III · Union City 11 km, intensity III · Tuttle 12 km, intensity III · Mustang 22 km, intensity II · Chickasha 26 km, intensity II · El Reno 27 km, intensity II · Yukon 29 km, intensity II · Blanchard 31 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 35.2888, -97.9412. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Canadian County, OK 29 km (18 mi) N earthquakes near Canadian County
Grady County, OK 30 km (19 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
Caddo County, OK 42 km (26 mi) WSW earthquakes near Caddo County
McClain County, OK 54 km (34 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Oklahoma County, OK 57 km (35 mi) ENE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Cleveland County, OK 57 km (35 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 3 km W of Amber, Oklahoma
  2. 1.7 3 km W of Amber, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 11 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 7 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  5. 2.3 8 km N of Bradley, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 8 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 8 km N of Bradley, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 9 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 1.8 6 km N of Bradley, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 8 km NNE of Bradley, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 7 km NNE of Alex, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 7 km N of Bradley, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 5 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 6 km WSW of Tuttle, 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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