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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

6 km NW of Cooperton, Oklahoma

· 0.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kiowa County 6 kmWashita County 44 kmComanche County 49 kmJackson County 56 kmGreer County 57 kmCaddo County 58 kmTillman County 59 kmBeckham County 81 kmCuster County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kiowa County, 6 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1540 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.9017, -98.9242. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kiowa County, OK 6 km (4 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kiowa County
Washita County, OK 44 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washita County
Comanche County, OK 49 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Comanche County
Jackson County, OK 56 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Greer County, OK 57 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Greer County
Caddo County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 9 km NNE of Friendship, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 3 km NNE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 6 km NW of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 4 km N of Cooperton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 6 km NE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 7 km NNE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 4 km NE of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 3 km NE of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 5 km E of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
  10. 2.1 8 km SSW of Roosevelt, Oklahoma
  11. 2.1 6 km SW of Medicine Park, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 6 km NNE of Cooperton, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 Oklahoma
  14. 2.8 1 km ESE of Medicine Park, 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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