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M 2.0ml

5 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma

· 6.3 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 17 kmCleveland County 21 kmGrady County 34 kmOklahoma County 47 kmGarvin County 53 kmPottawatomie County 54 kmCanadian County 59 kmCaddo County 76 kmStephens County 79 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
McClain County, 17 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1058 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 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 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 35.1445, -97.5433. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 17 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 21 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Oklahoma County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Garvin County, OK 53 km (33 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Pottawatomie County, OK 54 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie 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. 1.6 2 km NE of Cole, Oklahoma
  2. 1.5 Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 3 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  4. 2.2 2 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  5. 2.3 Oklahoma
  6. 1.9 2 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 2 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 2 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 3 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 2 km N of Cole, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 2 km N of Cole, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 3 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 3 km N of Cole, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 4 km NNE of Cole, 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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