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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

2 km NE of Newcastle, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cleveland County 24 kmMcClain County 30 kmOklahoma County 36 kmGrady County 39 kmCanadian County 48 kmPottawatomie County 56 kmGarvin County 66 kmLogan County 73 kmCaddo County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cleveland County, 24 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1700 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 28 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 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 35.2620, -97.5732. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cleveland County, OK 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
McClain County, OK 30 km (18 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Oklahoma County, OK 36 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Grady County, OK 39 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Canadian County, OK 48 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Pottawatomie County, OK 56 km (35 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km S of Union City, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 2 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 3 km S of Union City, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 4 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 3 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma
  9. 2.2 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 6 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  13. 2.0 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 6 km SSW of Dibble, 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 2016-01-01 — it released about 2,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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