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M 2.4ml

12 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma

· 5.2 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 9 kmGarvin County 33 kmCleveland County 33 kmGrady County 35 kmPottawatomie County 58 kmStephens County 61 kmMurray County 66 kmOklahoma County 68 kmCanadian County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
McClain County, 9 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1983 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 34.9525, -97.5162. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 9 km (6 mi) SW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Garvin County, OK 33 km (20 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 33 km (21 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 35 km (22 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Pottawatomie County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Stephens County, OK 61 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Stephens County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 11 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 12 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 12 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 12 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  5. 3.3 7 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 6 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 7 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 7 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 1.8 8 km NE of Alex, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 6 km NNW of Foster, 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.

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