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M 2.1ml

8 km ESE of Thomas, Oklahoma

· 5.1 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blaine County 27 kmCuster County 32 kmDewey County 43 kmWashita County 57 kmCanadian County 64 kmMajor County 66 kmCaddo County 67 kmKingfisher County 69 kmKiowa County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Blaine County, 27 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1413 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 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 35.7238, -98.6535. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blaine County, OK 27 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Custer County, OK 32 km (20 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Dewey County, OK 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Dewey County
Washita County, OK 57 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washita County
Canadian County, OK 64 km (40 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Major County, OK 66 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near Major County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 15 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 7 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 15 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  6. 1.9 15 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 6 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma
  8. 2.1 15 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 15 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 14 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 7 km N of Calumet, 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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