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M 1.5ml

10 km WNW of Caney, Oklahoma

· 18 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Atoka County 30 kmJohnston County 31 kmBryan County 32 kmCoal County 37 kmMarshall County 48 kmPontotoc County 62 kmMurray County 74 kmChoctaw County 75 kmFannin County 76 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Atoka County, 30 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2058 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.2518, -96.3205. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Atoka County, OK 30 km (19 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Atoka County
Johnston County, OK 31 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Johnston County
Bryan County, OK 32 km (20 mi) N of here earthquakes near Bryan County
Coal County, OK 37 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Coal County
Marshall County, OK 48 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Marshall County
Pontotoc County, OK 62 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pontotoc County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 5 km NNE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 5 km NE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 6 km NNE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  4. 2.4 4 km NNE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 4 km NNE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 4 km NE of Centrahoma, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 3 km SSW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 2 km SE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 11 km SSE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 4 km S of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 3 km SE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 8 km SSE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 4 km S of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 2 km SSE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 1 km SSE of Mill Creek, 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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