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M 2.7ml

10 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma

· 4.8 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 25 kmPayne County 30 kmCreek County 32 kmPawnee County 47 kmOkfuskee County 60 kmLogan County 64 kmNoble County 71 kmOklahoma County 71 kmOkmulgee County 75 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
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lincoln County, 25 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 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 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 35.8926, -96.7380. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OK 25 km (15 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Payne County, OK 30 km (18 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Payne County
Creek County, OK 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Creek County
Pawnee County, OK 47 km (29 mi) S of here earthquakes near Pawnee County
Okfuskee County, OK 60 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Okfuskee County
Logan County, OK 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Logan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  2. 3.2 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  3. 2.7 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  4. 3.1 Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 1 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma
  6. 2.9 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  7. 4.2 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  8. 3.6 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  9. 3.1 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  10. 3.3 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  11. 2.9 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  12. 3.0 5 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  13. 2.7 0 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma
  14. 2.3 5 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  15. 2.9 2 km W of Cushing, 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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