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M 2.7mb_lg

4 km S of Cole, Oklahoma

· 5.0 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 12 kmCleveland County 27 kmGrady County 30 kmGarvin County 46 kmOklahoma County 56 kmPottawatomie County 58 kmCanadian County 65 kmStephens County 70 kmCaddo County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
21 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
McClain County, 12 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2383 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 35.0664, -97.5656. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 12 km (7 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 30 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 46 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Oklahoma County, OK 56 km (35 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Pottawatomie County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie 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. 2.0 5 km E of Tuttle, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 0 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 3 km ESE of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 5 km SE of Chickasha, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 3 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 1.9 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 6 km SW of Minco, Oklahoma
  9. 2.2 6 km NNE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 2.3 0 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 1.7 6 km WNW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 3 km SE of Minco, 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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