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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

15 km S of Wilson, Oklahoma

· 6.3 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Love County 16 kmCarter County 27 kmJefferson County 41 kmCooke County 46 kmMontague County 49 kmMarshall County 58 kmMurray County 60 kmStephens County 66 kmJohnston County 76 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Love County, 16 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 136 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 34.0233, -97.4003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Love County, OK 16 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Love County
Carter County, OK 27 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Carter County
Jefferson County, OK 41 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Cooke County, TX 46 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cooke County
Montague County, TX 49 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Montague County
Marshall County, OK 58 km (36 mi) W of here earthquakes near Marshall County

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

Aftershocks so far

28 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. 2.3 13 km ENE of Leon, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  7. 2.1 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 3 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  9. 1.9 3 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  10. 2.5 5 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  12. 2.1 6 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  13. 2.3 5 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  14. 1.6 5 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 6 km SE of Ratliff City, 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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