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M 1.7ml

10 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma

· 7.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingfisher County 25 kmCanadian County 26 kmBlaine County 34 kmLogan County 60 kmOklahoma County 65 kmCaddo County 71 kmGarfield County 74 kmMajor County 74 kmCuster County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kingfisher County, 25 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 797 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× 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 35.7600, -98.0853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kingfisher County, OK 25 km (16 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Canadian County, OK 26 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Blaine County, OK 34 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Logan County, OK 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 65 km (41 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Caddo County, OK 71 km (44 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 8 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 10 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 9 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 9 km SW of El Reno, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 4 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 3 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 4 km W of Dover, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 5 km W of Dover, Oklahoma
  9. 1.9 4 km W of Dover, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 4 km W of Dover, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 5 km WSW of Dover, Oklahoma
  12. 2.2 3 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 5 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma
  14. 2.1 9 km NW of Union City, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 3 km SE of Hennessey, 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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