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M 1.8ml

2 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma

· 6.7 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 17 kmCleveland County 28 kmGrady County 28 kmGarvin County 52 kmOklahoma County 53 kmCanadian County 59 kmPottawatomie County 60 kmCaddo County 71 kmStephens County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
McClain County, 17 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1626 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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 35.1078, -97.6007. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 17 km (11 mi) NW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 28 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 28 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 52 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Oklahoma County, OK 53 km (33 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Canadian County, OK 59 km (37 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Canadian 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 12 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 10 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 10 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 10 km NE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  5. 2.0 9 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 4 km WNW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 5 km NW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 11 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  11. 2.1 7 km E of Union City, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 6 km E of Union City, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 9 km E of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  15. 1.5 8 km SW of Yukon, 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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