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M 1.7ml

7 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma

· 17 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Stephens County 24 kmCarter County 35 kmGarvin County 41 kmJefferson County 42 kmMurray County 49 kmLove County 62 kmMcClain County 67 kmGrady County 71 kmCotton County 72 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Stephens County, 24 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1579 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 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.4310, -97.6030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Stephens County, OK 24 km (15 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Carter County, OK 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Garvin County, OK 41 km (25 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Jefferson County, OK 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Murray County, OK 49 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Murray County
Love County, OK 62 km (39 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Love County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 6 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 5 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  3. 2.1 5 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 10 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 12 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 3 km SSW of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 9 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 10 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 9 km WNW of Davis, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 11 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 8 km SSE of Katie, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 9 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 2 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 10 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 10 km W of Davis, 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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