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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

6 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma

· 6.7 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 21 kmOklahoma County 35 kmGrady County 49 kmCleveland County 50 kmKingfisher County 57 kmMcClain County 57 kmLogan County 59 kmCaddo County 63 kmBlaine County 75 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
16 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Canadian County, 21 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3148 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 16 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 35.4532, -97.7791. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Canadian County, OK 21 km (13 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Canadian County
Oklahoma County, OK 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Grady County, OK 49 km (30 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Cleveland County, OK 50 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Kingfisher County, OK 57 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
McClain County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near McClain County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 12 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma
  3. 1.6 6 km N of Union City, Oklahoma
  4. 3.5 7 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  5. 2.2 3 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 7 km NNW of Tuttle, Oklahoma
  7. 3.1 13 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 13 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 14 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  10. 2.1 4 km NW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  11. 2.3 5 km N of Union City, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 7 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma
  13. 2.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  15. 2.6 5 km W of Arcadia, 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 — it released about 250 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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