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M 1.6ml

7 km SW of Alex, Oklahoma

· 11 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 18 kmMcClain County 39 kmStephens County 42 kmGarvin County 50 kmCleveland County 60 kmCaddo County 60 kmComanche County 63 kmCanadian County 77 kmCotton County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grady County, 18 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1696 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.8623, -97.8330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 18 km (11 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 39 km (24 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 50 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Caddo County, OK 60 km (38 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 5 km SW of Washington, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 3 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 4 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 4 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 4 km SW of Washington, Oklahoma
  6. 2.0 4 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma
  7. 2.1 9 km ENE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 10 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 11 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 10 km S of Bradley, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 10 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 9 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 10 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 12 km SSW of Bradley, Oklahoma
  15. 2.2 11 km ESE of Chickasha, 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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