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M 1.6ml

3 km N of Chickasha, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 9 kmCaddo County 41 kmMcClain County 45 kmCanadian County 51 kmCleveland County 57 kmStephens County 68 kmComanche County 68 kmGarvin County 71 kmOklahoma County 71 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grady County, 9 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2497 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 8.4 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× 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 8.4 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 35.0862, -97.9372. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 9 km (5 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grady County
Caddo County, OK 41 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Caddo County
McClain County, OK 45 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near McClain County
Canadian County, OK 51 km (32 mi) S of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Cleveland County, OK 57 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Stephens County, OK 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Stephens 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. 2.3 9 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 7 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  3. 2.2 10 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 10 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 8 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 10 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 10 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 9 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 9 km ENE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  10. 2.3 8 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 3 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  15. 2.3 11 km ESE of Amber, 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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