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M 1.6ml

14 km E of Bray, Oklahoma

· 18 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Stephens County 25 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
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Stephens County, 25 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 124 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 34.6320, -97.6587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Stephens County, OK 25 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

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

  1. 1.3 5 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  2. 0.9 5 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  3. 1.2 11 km SE of Katie, Oklahoma
  4. 1.5 8 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  5. 3.3 2 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 1 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 2 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  8. 2.0 1 km SW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 11 km W of Davis, Oklahoma
  10. 1.9 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 8 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 8 km SE of Loco, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 2 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 6 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 5 km ESE of Velma, 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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