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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2ml

3 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma

· 6.1 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garfield County 8 kmNoble County 42 kmGrant County 45 kmKingfisher County 53 kmLogan County 57 kmAlfalfa County 67 kmKay County 69 kmPayne County 74 kmMajor County 76 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 3.2 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Garfield County, 8 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3448 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× 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 36.3863, -97.7010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Garfield County, OK 8 km (5 mi) E of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 42 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Noble County
Grant County, OK 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Grant County
Kingfisher County, OK 53 km (33 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Logan County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Logan County
Alfalfa County, OK 67 km (42 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 0 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma
  2. 2.7 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  3. 4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 3 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  5. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  6. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 4 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma
  9. 3.8 4 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.5 3 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  12. 3.0 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  13. 3.1 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  14. 3.6 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  15. 3.6 7 km ENE of Hennessey, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2016-03-29 — it released about 32 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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