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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

0 km WNW of Elmore City, Oklahoma

· 0.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garvin County 12 kmMurray County 34 kmCarter County 43 kmMcClain County 44 kmStephens County 44 kmGrady County 62 kmCleveland County 65 kmPontotoc County 66 kmJefferson County 70 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Garvin County, 12 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1182 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 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 34.6247, -97.4022. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Garvin County, OK 12 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Murray County, OK 34 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Carter County, OK 43 km (27 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Carter County
McClain County, OK 44 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near McClain County
Stephens County, OK 44 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Grady County, OK 62 km (39 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Grady County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 3 km ESE of Wayne, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 8 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  5. 2.3 5 km S of Bradley, Oklahoma
  6. 2.4 Oklahoma
  7. 2.4 Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 6 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 8 km W of Velma, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 7 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  12. 2.1 7 km W of Velma, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 9 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  14. 3.7 9 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 9 km SE of Dibble, 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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