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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near McAlester, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in McAlester in the 24 hours to 5:50 pm CST (23:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 220 km (136 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near McAlester
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) west-northwest of McAlester, OK, at 3:20 pm CDT on 6 May 2022 (20:20 UTC), 24 km deep.
USGS: 5 km NNW of Arpelar, Oklahoma
- When
- 3:20 pm CDT on 6 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) west-northwest of McAlester, OK · earthquakes near McAlester
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 24 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Pittsburg County, 23 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1586 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 40 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In McAlester, 21 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.
Likely felt in: McAlester 21 km, intensity II · Holdenville 39 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 34.9882, -95.9883. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Pittsburg County |
| Hughes County, OK | 25 km (16 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Hughes County |
| McIntosh County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | NE | earthquakes near McIntosh County |
| Coal County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Coal County |
| Seminole County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Seminole County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 62 km (38 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Okfuskee 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.
- 1.9 14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
- 2.3 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Lamar, Oklahoma
- 1.8 14 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma
- 1.7 14 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km NNE of Sasakwa, Oklahoma
- 1.8 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
- 1.7 12 km NNE of Arpelar, Oklahoma
- 1.9 11 km E of Lamar, Oklahoma
- 1.5 13 km ESE of Crowder, Oklahoma
- 1.6 14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
- 2.2 14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
- 1.7 10 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
- 2.4 12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
- 2.1 10 km E of Crowder, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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