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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

5 km NW of Big Cabin, Oklahoma

· 12 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Craig County 23 kmMayes County 29 kmRogers County 37 kmNowata County 40 kmDelaware County 45 kmOttawa County 51 kmWashington County 59 kmLabette County 70 kmWagoner County 71 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Craig County, 23 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 229 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 36.5663, -95.2650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Craig County, OK 23 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Craig County
Mayes County, OK 29 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mayes County
Rogers County, OK 37 km (23 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Rogers County
Nowata County, OK 40 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Nowata County
Delaware County, OK 45 km (28 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Delaware County
Ottawa County, OK 51 km (32 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ottawa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.3 2 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  2. 1.2 3 km ESE of Fairland, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 2 km E of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 4 km ESE of Fairland, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 2 km E of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 2 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 4 km SE of Fairland, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 1 km W of Salina, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 2 km NE of Sportsmen Acres, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 7 km ESE of Vinita, 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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