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M 2.1ml

5 km N of Alex, Oklahoma

· 7.4 km deep · released about 46 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 11 kmMcClain County 31 kmCleveland County 50 kmGarvin County 52 kmStephens County 54 kmCaddo County 59 kmCanadian County 66 kmComanche County 72 kmOklahoma County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.4 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Grady County, 11 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2444 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 46 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 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 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 34.9677, -97.7825. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 11 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 31 km (19 mi) W of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 50 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Garvin County, OK 52 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Stephens County, OK 54 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Caddo County, OK 59 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 3 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  5. 2.3 11 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 10 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  7. 2.1 10 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 6 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma
  10. 2.2 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  11. 3.0 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  12. 2.1 9 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 Oklahoma
  15. 2.0 10 km WSW of Blanchard, 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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