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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma

· 7.7 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Major County 31 kmGarfield County 38 kmKingfisher County 45 kmAlfalfa County 49 kmBlaine County 51 kmGrant County 66 kmWoods County 76 kmLogan County 80 kmDewey County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Major County, 31 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2305 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 36.2970, -98.2002. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Major County, OK 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Major County
Garfield County, OK 38 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Kingfisher County, OK 45 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Alfalfa County, OK 49 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Blaine County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Grant County, OK 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Grant County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 7 km S of Meno, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 4 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 4 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 4 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 4 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma
  14. 2.0 11 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma
  15. 2.1 8 km ENE of Hennessey, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2018-03-04 — it released about 3,100 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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