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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

4 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma

· 5.3 km deep · released about 780 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Coal County 30 kmAtoka County 31 kmPittsburg County 36 kmHughes County 50 kmPushmataha County 61 kmPontotoc County 66 kmLatimer County 69 kmJohnston County 73 kmSeminole County 79 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Coal County, 30 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 12 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 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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 34.6637, -95.9787. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Coal County, OK 30 km (18 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Coal County
Atoka County, OK 31 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Atoka County
Pittsburg County, OK 36 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pittsburg County
Hughes County, OK 50 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hughes County
Pushmataha County, OK 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pushmataha County
Pontotoc County, OK 66 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pontotoc County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 5 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 7 km WNW of Arpelar, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 4 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  4. 2.7 5 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 6 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 3 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 4 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 4 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 5 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 3 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  12. 2.4 4 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 4 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 4 km ENE of Wardville, 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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