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M 1.7ml

6 km SSW of Alex, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 19 kmMcClain County 37 kmStephens County 42 kmGarvin County 49 kmCleveland County 59 kmCaddo County 62 kmComanche County 64 kmCanadian County 78 kmMurray County 79 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grady County, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1713 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 34.8588, -97.8132. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 19 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 37 km (23 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Stephens County, OK 42 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Garvin County, OK 49 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 59 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Caddo County, OK 62 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 7 km SSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 12 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 10 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 10 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 10 km NE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  7. 2.0 9 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 4 km WNW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 5 km NW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  10. 2.9 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 9 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 3 km N of Tatums, 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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