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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 4.2mwr

4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma

· 5.2 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mwr)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
726 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Logan County, 14 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2223 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 726 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 63× 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 35.9900, -97.5773. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Logan County, OK 14 km (9 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Logan County
Kingfisher County, OK 32 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Garfield County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Oklahoma County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Noble County, OK 54 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Noble County
Payne County, OK 55 km (34 mi) W of here earthquakes near Payne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  2. 3.6 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  3. 2.8 Oklahoma
  4. 2.9 10 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
  5. 3.4 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  8. 2.1 1 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 10 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  10. 1.9 7 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  11. 2.6 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 2 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  14. 2.6 9 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  15. 2.8 9 km SSW of Marshall, 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 2016-01-01.

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

On USGS

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