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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

5 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma

· 5.8 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Payne County 11 kmNoble County 30 kmPawnee County 35 kmLogan County 46 kmLincoln County 53 kmCreek County 66 kmGarfield County 71 kmKay County 73 kmOklahoma County 75 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
28 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Payne County, 11 km SSE
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. 28 people have 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 36.1631, -97.0414. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Payne County, OK 11 km (7 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Payne County
Noble County, OK 30 km (19 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Noble County
Pawnee County, OK 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pawnee County
Logan County, OK 46 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Logan County
Lincoln County, OK 53 km (33 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Creek County, OK 66 km (41 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Creek County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  2. 2.9 17 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma
  3. 3.7 8 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma
  4. 2.4 2 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 8 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma
  6. 3.0 3 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 3 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  8. 2.8 6 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  9. 3.0 8 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  10. 2.6 8 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  11. 2.4 6 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma
  12. 2.9 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  13. 2.8 6 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 4 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  15. 2.7 8 km WNW of Perkins, 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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