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M 5.8mww

14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

· 5.6 km deep · released about 7.6 kilotons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pawnee County 24 kmNoble County 28 kmPayne County 39 kmKay County 47 kmOsage County 52 kmLogan County 74 kmCreek County 76 kmGarfield County 77 kmLincoln County 80 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 5.8 (mww)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
48764 reports · strongest reported intensity VIII
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Pawnee County, 24 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3 days ago

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. 48764 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 89× the energy of this one
  2. Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 45× the energy of this one
  3. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 5.8 about 7.6 kilotons of TNT
  5. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 1.4× more
  6. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16,000× more

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 36.4251, -96.9291. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pawnee County, OK 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pawnee County
Noble County, OK 28 km (17 mi) E of here earthquakes near Noble County
Payne County, OK 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Payne County
Kay County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kay County
Osage County, OK 52 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Osage County
Logan County, OK 74 km (46 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Logan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 4 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 4 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 5 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  5. 2.5 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 10 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 4 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 3 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  9. 3.2 4 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  11. 3.2 6 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 4 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  13. 3.1 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  14. 2.7 4 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  15. 2.9 4 km ENE of Morrison, 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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