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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

5 km NNE of Thomas, Oklahoma

· 15 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blaine County 27 kmCuster County 30 kmDewey County 34 kmMajor County 60 kmWashita County 61 kmCanadian County 72 kmKingfisher County 72 kmCaddo County 75 kmWoodward County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Blaine County, 27 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 138 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 35.7897, -98.7120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blaine County, OK 27 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Custer County, OK 30 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Dewey County, OK 34 km (21 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Dewey County
Major County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Major County
Washita County, OK 61 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washita County
Canadian County, OK 72 km (44 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Canadian County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.3 2 km S of Watonga, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 11 km ENE of Leedey, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 10 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 9 km E of Hitchcock, Oklahoma
  5. 2.0 9 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 10 km E of Hitchcock, 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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