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M 1.5ml

12 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma

· 7.8 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 7 kmMcClain County 32 kmCleveland County 48 kmCaddo County 55 kmGarvin County 57 kmCanadian County 60 kmStephens County 60 kmOklahoma County 69 kmComanche County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grady County, 7 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 527 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.6 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 35.0222, -97.8048. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 7 km (5 mi) E of here earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Caddo County, OK 55 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Caddo County
Garvin County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Canadian County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Canadian County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 2 km NNE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 3 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 2 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 5 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 2 km NE of Minco, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 6 km NNE of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 2 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma
  8. 1.8 2 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  9. 2.0 1 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 2 km N of Minco, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 2 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 2 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 7 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 7 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  15. 2.0 1 km NNE of Minco, 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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