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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Texanna, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Texanna in the 24 hours to 10:06 am CST (16:06 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 238 km (148 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Texanna

No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.7 quarry blast was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Texanna, OK, at 12:56 pm CDT on 31 May 2022 (17:56 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 9 km SSE of Texanna, Oklahoma

12:56 pm CDT, May 31, 2022 · · 0.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Haskell County 26 kmMcIntosh County 28 kmMuskogee County 39 kmLatimer County 45 kmPittsburg County 49 kmSequoyah County 64 kmOkmulgee County 67 kmLe Flore County 76 kmWagoner County 79 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:56 pm CDT on 31 May 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Texanna, OK · earthquakes near Texanna
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Haskell County, 26 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1624 days ago

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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Texanna, 10 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: Longtown, Quinton, Eufaula, Stigler, Checotah, Warner.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 35.2638, -95.3968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Haskell County, OK 26 km (16 mi) E earthquakes near Haskell County
McIntosh County, OK 28 km (17 mi) WNW earthquakes near McIntosh County
Muskogee County, OK 39 km (24 mi) N earthquakes near Muskogee County
Latimer County, OK 45 km (28 mi) SSE earthquakes near Latimer County
Pittsburg County, OK 49 km (31 mi) SW earthquakes near Pittsburg County
Sequoyah County, OK 64 km (40 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sequoyah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 1 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  5. 1.7 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 13 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  10. 2.1 13 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
  11. 2.1 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  12. 2.3 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  13. 2.3 10 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
  15. 2.3 13 km WSW of Quinton, 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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