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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

8 km SSE of Hickory, Oklahoma

· 0.0 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 22 kmJohnston County 25 kmPontotoc County 29 kmCarter County 50 kmCoal County 51 kmGarvin County 51 kmMarshall County 51 kmLove County 70 kmAtoka County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Murray County, 22 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1263 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 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 34.4868, -96.8273. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, OK 22 km (14 mi) E of here earthquakes near Murray County
Johnston County, OK 25 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Johnston County
Pontotoc County, OK 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pontotoc County
Carter County, OK 50 km (31 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Carter County
Coal County, OK 51 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Coal County
Garvin County, OK 51 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Garvin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km ESE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 7 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 10 km SSE of Ada, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 7 km NNW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 6 km N of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 4 km SE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 3 km SSE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 1 km ESE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 2.3 6 km SSE of Tishomingo, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 3 km ESE of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 12 km SSE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma
  12. 1.5 3 km SW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 12 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 1 km E of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 7 km WSW of Davis, 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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