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M 1.7ml

8 km SSE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma

· 6.9 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carter County 22 kmStephens County 37 kmMurray County 38 kmGarvin County 39 kmJefferson County 46 kmLove County 52 kmMcClain County 70 kmJohnston County 75 kmMarshall County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carter County, 22 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 398 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 9.6 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 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 34.3828, -97.4688. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carter County, OK 22 km (14 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Stephens County, OK 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Murray County, OK 38 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Garvin County, OK 39 km (24 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Jefferson County, OK 46 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Love County, OK 52 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Love County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 8 km N of Ringling, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 9 km SE of Loco, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 9 km WNW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 7 km E of Loco, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 11 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 7 km SSE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  8. 2.2 9 km N of Ringling, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  10. 2.3 9 km N of Ringling, Oklahoma
  11. 1.5 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  12. 1.6 9 km WNW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 6 km NNE of Ringling, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 9 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  15. 2.2 10 km SE of Loco, 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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