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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

10 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma

· 5.5 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carter County 20 kmMurray County 33 kmGarvin County 36 kmStephens County 41 kmJefferson County 50 kmLove County 51 kmMcClain County 69 kmJohnston County 71 kmMarshall County 72 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carter County, 20 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1994 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 34.3943, -97.4193. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carter County, OK 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Murray County, OK 33 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Garvin County, OK 36 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Stephens County, OK 41 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Jefferson County, OK 50 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Love County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Love 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. 1.6 9 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 5 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 9 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 5 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 4 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 5 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 6 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 7 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 1 km S of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 10 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 14 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 9 km SE of Tatums, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 12 km SW of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 10 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 8 km SE of Ratliff 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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