quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Pryor Creek, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Pryor Creek in the 24 hours to 10:05 am CST (16:05 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 257 km (160 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pryor Creek
No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.5 quarry blast was recorded 10 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Pryor Creek, OK, at 12:00 pm CDT on 14 August 2020 (17:00 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 3 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
63 km (39 mi) ENE of Tulsa, OK · 56 km (35 mi) ENE of Broken Arrow, OK
- When
- 12:00 pm CDT on 14 August 2020 ()
- Where
- 10 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Pryor Creek, OK · earthquakes near Pryor Creek
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mayes County, 5 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2277 days ago
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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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Pryor Creek, 10 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: Salina, Locust Grove, Pryor, Chouteau, Kenwood, Inola.
USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 36.2602, -95.2173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayes County, OK | 5 km (3 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mayes County |
| Rogers County, OK | 37 km (23 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Rogers County |
| Delaware County, OK | 40 km (25 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Delaware County |
| Wagoner County, OK | 42 km (26 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Wagoner County |
| Cherokee County, OK | 44 km (27 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Cherokee County |
| Craig County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Craig County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 2 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
- 1.6 1 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
- 1.9 2 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
- 1.8 2 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
- 2.0 3 km ENE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
- 1.8 2 km WSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
- 1.6 1 km SW of Valley Park, Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km W of Valley Park, Oklahoma
- 1.5 1 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
- 1.5 2 km S of Hulbert, OK
- 1.5 0 km WNW of Valley Park, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km SW of Hulbert, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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