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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Warner, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Warner in the 24 hours to 8:42 am CST (14:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 248 km (154 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Warner

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Warner, OK, at 11:27 am CDT on 6 April 2021 (16:27 UTC), 7.8 km deep.

USGS: 5 km NE of Shady Grove, Oklahoma

88 km (54 mi) SSE of Tulsa, OK

11:27 am CDT, Apr 6, 2021 · · 7.8 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Muskogee County 16 kmMcIntosh County 30 kmHaskell County 35 kmSequoyah County 56 kmWagoner County 56 kmOkmulgee County 57 kmCherokee County 59 kmLatimer County 67 kmPittsburg County 70 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
11:27 am CDT on 6 April 2021 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Warner, OK · earthquakes near Warner
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Muskogee County, 16 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2043 days ago

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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Warner, 6 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: Checotah, Texanna, Eufaula, Longtown.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 35.4707, -95.3685. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Muskogee County, OK 16 km (10 mi) N earthquakes near Muskogee County
McIntosh County, OK 30 km (18 mi) WSW earthquakes near McIntosh County
Haskell County, OK 35 km (22 mi) SE earthquakes near Haskell County
Sequoyah County, OK 56 km (35 mi) E earthquakes near Sequoyah County
Wagoner County, OK 56 km (35 mi) NNW earthquakes near Wagoner County
Okmulgee County, OK 57 km (36 mi) WNW earthquakes near Okmulgee County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 10 km SE of Texanna, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 0 km WNW of Quinton, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 2 km N of Quinton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 2 km N of Quinton, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 0 km W of Quinton, Oklahoma
  7. 2.1 1 km NW of Quinton, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 7 km NW of Kinta, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 4 km N of Quinton, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 5 km WNW of Kinta, Oklahoma
  11. 2.2 5 km WNW of Kinta, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 5 km NW of Kinta, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 0 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 2 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma
  15. 2.0 1 km NNE of Quinton, 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

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