Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
13 km E of Rush Springs, Oklahoma
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Grady County, 28 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 790 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 34.7770, -97.8108. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grady County, OK | 28 km (17 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Grady County |
| Stephens County, OK | 33 km (21 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Stephens County |
| McClain County, OK | 42 km (26 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near McClain County |
| Garvin County, OK | 46 km (29 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Garvin County |
| Comanche County, OK | 62 km (39 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Comanche County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 65 km (41 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 4 km E of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 2.4 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.5 2 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 2.3 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 2.4 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 2.0 6 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
- 2.0 7 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
- 1.5 3 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma
- 2.0 0 km WNW 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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