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M 4.2mwr

6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma

· 5.0 km deep · released about 30 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (mwr)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1321 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Oklahoma County, 13 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 1321 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 35.6720, -97.4047. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Oklahoma County, OK 13 km (8 mi) N of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Logan County, OK 27 km (17 mi) S of here earthquakes near Logan County
Lincoln County, OK 47 km (29 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Cleveland County, OK 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Canadian County, OK 54 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Kingfisher County, OK 57 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 4 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  2. 2.3 1 km N of Jones, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 4 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma
  4. 2.2 2 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  5. 2.4 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  6. 3.3 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  9. 2.4 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  10. 2.8 7 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  11. 2.4 12 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 10 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
  15. 3.5 3 km SE of Carney, 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 2016-04-07.

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

On USGS

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