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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

17 km ESE of Buffalo, Oklahoma

· 5.0 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Harper County 19 kmWoodward County 41 kmComanche County 49 kmWoods County 53 kmClark County 61 kmEllis County 66 kmBarber County 85 kmKiowa County 89 kmLipscomb County 91 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Harper County, 19 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2398 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 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 36.7702, -99.4523. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Harper County, OK 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Harper County
Woodward County, OK 41 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Woodward County
Comanche County, KS 49 km (31 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Comanche County
Woods County, OK 53 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Woods County
Clark County, KS 61 km (38 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Clark County
Ellis County, OK 66 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ellis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 10 km NNE of May, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 10 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 10 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 9 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 10 km NNE of Quinlan, 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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