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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Marietta, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Marietta in the 24 hours to 2:34 am CST (08:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 204 km (127 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Marietta

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 6 km (3 mi) northwest of Marietta, OK, at 1:03 pm CDT on 27 June 2020 (18:03 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NW of Marietta, Oklahoma

1:03 pm CDT, Jun 27, 2020 · · 17 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Love County 8 kmCarter County 33 kmMarshall County 36 kmCooke County 38 kmMurray County 57 kmGrayson County 59 kmJohnston County 60 kmMontague County 62 kmJefferson County 64 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
1:03 pm CDT on 27 June 2020 ()
Where
6 km (3 mi) northwest of Marietta, OK · earthquakes near Marietta
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Love County, 8 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2328 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Marietta, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Ardmore, Lone Grove, Dickson.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 33.9740, -97.1570. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Love County, OK 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Love County
Carter County, OK 33 km (21 mi) NNW earthquakes near Carter County
Marshall County, OK 36 km (22 mi) E earthquakes near Marshall County
Cooke County, TX 38 km (23 mi) S earthquakes near Cooke County
Murray County, OK 57 km (36 mi) N earthquakes near Murray County
Grayson County, TX 59 km (37 mi) SE earthquakes near Grayson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 12 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  2. 1.7 14 km NE of Healdton, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 12 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  4. 1.7 12 km NE of Healdton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 14 km SE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 17 km SE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 15 km SE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 13 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 13 km SSE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 13 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 16 km SSE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 7 km WNW of Marietta, Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 14 km W of Marietta, Oklahoma
  14. 2.1 15 km W of Marietta, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 13 km W of Marietta, 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.

On USGS

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