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M 1.6ml

10 km NNW of Maysville, Oklahoma

· 7.3 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 12 kmGarvin County 25 kmCleveland County 35 kmGrady County 43 kmPottawatomie County 55 kmMurray County 58 kmStephens County 61 kmPontotoc County 71 kmOklahoma County 72 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McClain County, 12 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2265 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 8.1 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 1,900,000× 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 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 34.9090, -97.4365. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 12 km (7 mi) S of here earthquakes near McClain County
Garvin County, OK 25 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 35 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 43 km (27 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Pottawatomie County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Murray County, OK 58 km (36 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Murray County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 8 km NNE of Bradley, Oklahoma
  2. 2.4 12 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 8 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 2 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 9 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 10 km SSW of Alex, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 11 km SSW of Alex, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 10 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 9 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 8 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 10 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 5 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 3 km NE of Blanchard, 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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