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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

3 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

· 5.6 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alfalfa County 18 kmGrant County 31 kmGarfield County 50 kmHarper County 51 kmMajor County 60 kmWoods County 66 kmBarber County 74 kmSumner County 79 kmKay County 88 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 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Alfalfa County, 18 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3623 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 680 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 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 36.7337, -98.1268. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alfalfa County, OK 18 km (11 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Grant County, OK 31 km (19 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Garfield County, OK 50 km (31 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Harper County, KS 51 km (32 mi) S of here earthquakes near Harper County
Major County, OK 60 km (37 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Major County
Woods County, OK 66 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Woods County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 10 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas
  2. 2.6 6 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  4. 3.0 4 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 5 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 7 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma
  7. 3.3 7 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 8 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 2.7 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
  10. 2.8 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
  11. 3.5 6 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma
  12. 3.7 4 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma
  13. 3.9 6 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma
  14. 2.4 7 km E of Bluff City, Kansas
  15. 1.5 7 km E 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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