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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2ml

15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

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

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Major County 28 kmWoods County 31 kmWoodward County 43 kmAlfalfa County 52 kmDewey County 57 kmBlaine County 72 kmBarber County 86 kmHarper County 87 kmEllis County 90 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
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Major County, 28 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3343 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 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 36.4566, -98.7929. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Major County, OK 28 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Major County
Woods County, OK 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Woods County
Woodward County, OK 43 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near Woodward County
Alfalfa County, OK 52 km (32 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Dewey County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Dewey County
Blaine County, OK 72 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Blaine 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. 2.7 13 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 11 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma
  3. 2.1 13 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma
  4. 2.8 10 km NW of Canton, Oklahoma
  5. 2.6 Oklahoma
  6. 2.8 Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  8. 3.5 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  9. 2.3 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  10. 2.2 Oklahoma
  11. 2.4 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma
  12. 2.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 7 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 2 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma
  15. 2.6 2 km WSW of Chester, 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — it released about 710 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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