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M 2.7ml

2 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma

· 6.3 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 21 kmKay County 39 kmGarfield County 42 kmNoble County 47 kmSumner County 58 kmAlfalfa County 67 kmHarper County 69 kmCowley County 87 kmPayne County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grant County, 21 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3693 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

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 36.7163, -97.5675. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grant County, OK 21 km (13 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Kay County, OK 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kay County
Garfield County, OK 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Noble County
Sumner County, KS 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Alfalfa County, OK 67 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma
  2. 1.7 11 km N of Caldwell, Kansas
  3. 2.8 6 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  5. 3.0 3 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 2 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas
  7. 2.5 6 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 8 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma
  9. 3.0 6 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
  10. 3.0 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
  11. 2.7 Oklahoma
  12. 2.9 4 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 7 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
  14. 3.2 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  15. 2.9 6 km S of Manchester, 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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