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M 1.8ml

7 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma

· 6.9 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 18 kmDewey County 33 kmBlaine County 40 kmWashita County 51 kmMajor County 70 kmCaddo County 74 kmCanadian County 79 kmRoger Mills County 82 kmKingfisher County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
6.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Custer County, 18 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2505 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 35.7252, -98.8298. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, OK 18 km (11 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Dewey County, OK 33 km (20 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dewey County
Blaine County, OK 40 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Washita County, OK 51 km (31 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washita County
Major County, OK 70 km (44 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Major County
Caddo County, OK 74 km (46 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Caddo 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. 1.6 6 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 8 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 9 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 8 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 8 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 8 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 6 km W of Longdale, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 12 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 15 km W of Canton, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 7 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 7 km S of Putnam, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 6 km N of Arapaho, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 6 km WSW of Custer City, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 7 km N of Arapaho, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 6 km WSW of Custer City, 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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