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M 1.9ml

5 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma

· 6.4 km deep · released about 22 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 9 kmCleveland County 27 kmGrady County 31 kmGarvin County 43 kmPottawatomie County 57 kmOklahoma County 58 kmCanadian County 68 kmStephens County 69 kmMurray County 76 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
6.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McClain County, 9 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1774 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 22 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 680,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 480,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 43× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 22 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 35.0440, -97.5453. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 9 km (6 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 43 km (27 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Pottawatomie County, OK 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Oklahoma County, OK 58 km (36 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km W of Bradley, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 3 km W of Bradley, Oklahoma
  3. 2.2 1 km NNW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 9 km E of Amber, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 6 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 10 km N of Lindsay, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 3 km ESE of Bradley, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 7 km SW of Alex, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 2 km W of Cole, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 8 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 10 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 1 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma
  13. 2.2 1 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 2 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 1 km W of Cole, 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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