Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
6 km SW of Stonewall, Oklahoma
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Pontotoc County, 16 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 265 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 10 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 34.6135, -96.5722. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc County, OK | 16 km (10 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Pontotoc County |
| Coal County, OK | 26 km (16 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Coal County |
| Johnston County, OK | 34 km (21 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Johnston County |
| Murray County, OK | 48 km (30 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Murray County |
| Atoka County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Atoka County |
| Hughes County, OK | 57 km (35 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Hughes 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.
- 1.5 7 km N of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
- 1.2 6 km ESE of Dougherty, Oklahoma
- 1.6 3 km SW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km SW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km SE of Stonewall, Oklahoma
- 1.5 9 km SSE of Wapanucka, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km N of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km SE of Dougherty, Oklahoma
- 1.5 13 km SSW of Stonewall, Oklahoma
- 1.5 6 km SSE of Tishomingo, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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