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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.2ml

Earthquake near Durant, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Durant in the 24 hours to 6:10 pm CDT (23:10 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 162 km (101 mi) NW, at 4:17 am CDT on 4 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 33 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Durant

No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.2 quarry blast was recorded 38 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Durant, OK, at 2:07 pm CDT on 14 October 2026 (19:07 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 6 km SSW of Wapanucka, Oklahoma

2:07 pm CDT, Oct 14, 2026 · · 0.0 km deep · released about 2.1 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Johnston County 18 kmCoal County 32 kmAtoka County 39 kmBryan County 44 kmMarshall County 44 kmPontotoc County 49 kmMurray County 59 kmCarter County 77 kmGrayson County 81 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:07 pm CDT on 14 October 2026 ()
Where
38 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Durant, OK · earthquakes near Durant
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.2 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Johnston County, 18 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 5 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Tishomingo, Caddo.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 450× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.2 about 2.1 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 34.3258, -96.4560. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Johnston County, OK 18 km (11 mi) W earthquakes near Johnston County
Coal County, OK 32 km (20 mi) NNE earthquakes near Coal County
Atoka County, OK 39 km (24 mi) E earthquakes near Atoka County
Bryan County, OK 44 km (27 mi) SSE earthquakes near Bryan County
Marshall County, OK 44 km (27 mi) SW earthquakes near Marshall County
Pontotoc County, OK 49 km (30 mi) NNW earthquakes near Pontotoc County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.1 3 km WSW of Mill Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 1.4 15 km SSW of Stonewall, Oklahoma
  3. 1.3 1 km W of Mill Creek, 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

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