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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Texanna, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Texanna in the 24 hours to 11:34 am CST (17:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 238 km (148 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 Texanna

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Texanna, OK, at 12:20 pm CST on 28 December 2021 (18:20 UTC), 3.1 km deep.

USGS: 11 km W of Whitefield, Oklahoma

12:20 pm CST, Dec 28, 2021 · · 3.1 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Haskell County 23 kmMcIntosh County 30 kmMuskogee County 40 kmLatimer County 44 kmPittsburg County 51 kmSequoyah County 62 kmOkmulgee County 69 kmLe Flore County 73 kmCherokee County 79 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
12:20 pm CST on 28 December 2021 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) southeast of Texanna, OK · earthquakes near Texanna
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Haskell County, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1773 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Texanna, 12 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: Longtown, Quinton, Eufaula, Stigler, Warner, Checotah.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 35.2590, -95.3645. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Haskell County, OK 23 km (14 mi) E earthquakes near Haskell County
McIntosh County, OK 30 km (19 mi) WNW earthquakes near McIntosh County
Muskogee County, OK 40 km (25 mi) N earthquakes near Muskogee County
Latimer County, OK 44 km (27 mi) S earthquakes near Latimer County
Pittsburg County, OK 51 km (32 mi) SW earthquakes near Pittsburg County
Sequoyah County, OK 62 km (38 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sequoyah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 11 km ESE of Canadian, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 11 km ESE of Canadian, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 11 km ESE of Canadian, Oklahoma
  6. 2.0 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 11 km ESE of Canadian, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  9. 1.9 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 13 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 13 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 9 km SSE of Texanna, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 12 km E of Crowder, 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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