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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

3 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma

· 0.0 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cherokee County 12 kmAdair County 36 kmMuskogee County 38 kmSequoyah County 42 kmWagoner County 47 kmMayes County 59 kmHaskell County 64 kmDelaware County 69 kmMcIntosh County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
29 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Cherokee County, 12 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1700 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 29 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 18 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 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 35.8030, -95.0305. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cherokee County, OK 12 km (7 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Adair County, OK 36 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Adair County
Muskogee County, OK 38 km (24 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Muskogee County
Sequoyah County, OK 42 km (26 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sequoyah County
Wagoner County, OK 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Wagoner County
Mayes County, OK 59 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mayes 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 2 km WSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 3 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 3 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 2 km SSE of Zeb, Oklahoma
  5. 1.7 2 km WSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 2 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 3 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 2 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 2 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 4 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 0 km N of Rocky Mountain, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 2 km WSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 2 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 2 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma
  15. 1.5 2 km SW of Hulbert, 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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