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M 2.6ml

Oklahoma

· 5.1 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Payne County 7 kmNoble County 38 kmLogan County 40 kmPawnee County 42 kmLincoln County 44 kmCreek County 63 kmOklahoma County 66 kmGarfield County 74 kmKingfisher County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Payne County, 7 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 36.0734, -97.0548. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Payne County, OK 7 km (4 mi) W of here earthquakes near Payne County
Noble County, OK 38 km (24 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Noble County
Logan County, OK 40 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Logan County
Pawnee County, OK 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pawnee County
Lincoln County, OK 44 km (27 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Creek County, OK 63 km (39 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

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

  1. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  2. 2.6 8 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  3. 2.7 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  4. 2.4 6 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  5. 2.6 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  6. 3.5 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  7. 3.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  9. 3.6 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 11 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma
  11. 2.7 10 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  13. 3.0 4 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  14. 3.1 3 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  15. 2.2 7 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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