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M 2.0ml

15 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blaine County 16 kmCuster County 42 kmDewey County 45 kmMajor County 58 kmKingfisher County 60 kmCanadian County 61 kmWashita County 68 kmCaddo County 72 kmWoodward County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Blaine County, 16 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1137 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 35.7952, -98.5748. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blaine County, OK 16 km (10 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Custer County, OK 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Dewey County, OK 45 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Dewey County
Major County, OK 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Major County
Kingfisher County, OK 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Canadian County, OK 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Canadian County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 4 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 6 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 4 km ENE of Canton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 6 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 5 km NE of Canton, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 6 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 6 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 5 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 4 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 5 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 4 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  15. 1.5 5 km NE 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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