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M 1.7ml

2 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma

· 11 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garvin County 28 kmMcClain County 28 kmGrady County 37 kmStephens County 42 kmCleveland County 52 kmMurray County 59 kmCarter County 67 kmPottawatomie County 74 kmJefferson County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Garvin County, 28 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 983 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 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 34.7940, -97.5957. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Garvin County, OK 28 km (17 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
McClain County, OK 28 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Grady County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Stephens County, OK 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Cleveland County, OK 52 km (32 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Murray County, OK 59 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Murray County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 1 km SSE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 3 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 6 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  4. 2.2 4 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  5. 1.7 5 km S of Lexington, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 11 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 6 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 4 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 5 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 7 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 7 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 6 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 5 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  14. 2.1 5 km N of Velma, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 3 km SSE of Lexington, 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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