Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
3 km ENE of Wardville, Oklahoma
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Coal County, 29 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 44 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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 34.6623, -95.9907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal County, OK | 29 km (18 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Coal County |
| Atoka County, OK | 30 km (19 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Atoka County |
| Pittsburg County, OK | 37 km (23 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 | 62 km (39 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Pushmataha County |
| Pontotoc County, OK | 64 km (40 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
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 5 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km WNW of Arpelar, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km NE of Wardville, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km NE 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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