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M 2.8ml

10 km N of Alex, Oklahoma

· 11 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 12 kmMcClain County 28 kmCleveland County 45 kmGarvin County 52 kmStephens County 59 kmCaddo County 60 kmCanadian County 63 kmOklahoma County 69 kmComanche County 76 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grady County, 12 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 115 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 35.0065, -97.7573. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grady County, OK 12 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 28 km (17 mi) W of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Garvin County, OK 52 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Stephens County, OK 59 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Caddo County, OK 60 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 11 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 10 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  6. 1.9 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 11 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  8. 2.0 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 13 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 13 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 13 km NNE of Bray, 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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