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M 1.5ml

9 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma

· 8.4 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 16 kmGrady County 27 kmGarvin County 38 kmCleveland County 38 kmStephens County 57 kmPottawatomie County 66 kmOklahoma County 70 kmMurray County 71 kmCanadian County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McClain County, 16 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1444 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 34.9493, -97.6043. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 16 km (10 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Grady County, OK 27 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 38 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Cleveland County, OK 38 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Stephens County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Pottawatomie County, OK 66 km (41 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 8 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  2. 1.7 2 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  3. 2.7 9 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 9 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  5. 2.2 Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 4 km SSW of Katie, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 4 km SSW of Katie, Oklahoma
  9. 2.2 4 km SSW of Katie, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 3 km SSW of Katie, 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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