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M 2.3ml

16 km ENE of Binger, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 27 kmCaddo County 28 kmGrady County 45 kmBlaine County 63 kmKingfisher County 70 kmOklahoma County 72 kmWashita County 75 kmMcClain County 75 kmCleveland County 78 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
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canadian County, 27 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2070 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 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 35.3513, -98.1682. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Canadian County, OK 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Caddo County, OK 28 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Caddo County
Grady County, OK 45 km (28 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Grady County
Blaine County, OK 63 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Kingfisher County, OK 70 km (43 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Oklahoma County, OK 72 km (45 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma 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. 2.4 14 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 14 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  5. 1.7 1 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma
  7. 3.2 2 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  9. 2.2 3 km N of Minco, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 3 km N of Minco, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 4 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma
  12. 2.5 4 km N of Minco, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 4 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 4 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 4 km SSE of Union City, 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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