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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

8 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma

· 6.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 6 kmHarper County 45 kmAlfalfa County 47 kmGarfield County 51 kmSumner County 53 kmKay County 60 kmNoble County 72 kmKingman County 84 kmMajor County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grant County, 6 km SSE
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 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 36.8388, -97.8191. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grant County, OK 6 km (4 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Harper County, KS 45 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Alfalfa County, OK 47 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Garfield County, OK 51 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Sumner County, KS 53 km (33 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Kay County, OK 60 km (37 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kay County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 5 km NW of Freeport, Kansas
  2. 2.6 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 11 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
  4. 1.5 2 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas
  5. 2.5 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  6. 3.1 8 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 8 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  8. 3.6 8 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  9. 3.0 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  10. 3.3 6 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma
  11. 2.9 11 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
  12. 3.2 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
  13. 2.5 2 km E of Anthony, Kansas
  14. 2.1 9 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas
  15. 1.7 10 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas

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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