quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Owasso, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Owasso in the 24 hours to 3:28 pm CST (21:28 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 8 km (5 mi) SSE, at 2:06 pm CST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Owasso
No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.6 quarry blast was recorded 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Owasso, OK, at 11:00 am CDT on 14 March 2022 (16:00 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 3 km SE of Owasso, Oklahoma
16 km (10 mi) NNE of Tulsa, OK
- When
- 11:00 am CDT on 14 March 2022 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Owasso, OK · earthquakes near Owasso
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tulsa County, 18 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1702 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Owasso, 3 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: Catoosa, Verdigris, Collinsville, Turley, Sperry, Tulsa.
USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 36.2525, -95.8247. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa County, OK | 18 km (11 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Tulsa County |
| Rogers County, OK | 24 km (15 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Rogers County |
| Wagoner County, OK | 43 km (26 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Wagoner County |
| Washington County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Mayes County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | E | earthquakes near Mayes County |
| Nowata County, OK | 63 km (39 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Nowata County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7 km WNW of Catoosa, Oklahoma
- 1.5 7 km SSE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.3 3 km ESE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km SSE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km E of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.5 6 km WNW of Catoosa, Oklahoma
- 1.2 4 km ESE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.4 2 km ESE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.5 7 km ESE of Turley, Oklahoma
- 1.4 3 km S of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.5 7 km SSE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.5 11 km NW of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
- 1.2 3 km S of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1.4 7 km S of Owasso, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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