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M 1.7ml

14 km E of Bray, Oklahoma

· 19 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Stephens County 24 kmGarvin County 33 kmMcClain County 47 kmGrady County 48 kmCarter County 54 kmMurray County 56 kmJefferson County 61 kmCleveland County 71 kmComanche County 75 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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Stephens County, 24 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 153 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 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 34.6315, -97.6600. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Stephens County, OK 24 km (15 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Stephens County
Garvin County, OK 33 km (20 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
McClain County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Grady County, OK 48 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Carter County, OK 54 km (34 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Murray County, OK 56 km (35 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Murray 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. 1.9 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 8 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 8 km SE of Loco, Oklahoma
  4. 1.7 2 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 6 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 5 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 5 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 7 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 8 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  11. 1.8 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 12 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 11 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 10 km NNE of Bray, Oklahoma
  15. 1.9 12 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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