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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma

· 7.6 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 14 kmGarfield County 37 kmKay County 49 kmNoble County 53 kmAlfalfa County 58 kmSumner County 62 kmHarper County 64 kmKingfisher County 87 kmMajor County 89 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
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grant County, 14 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3057 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has 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 36.7011, -97.6752. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grant County, OK 14 km (9 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Garfield County, OK 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Kay County, OK 49 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kay County
Noble County, OK 53 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Noble County
Alfalfa County, OK 58 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Sumner County, KS 62 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sumner County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  2. 2.4 4 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
  3. 3.1 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  4. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  5. 2.5 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 4 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
  8. 2.5 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  9. 3.7 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  10. 4.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  12. 2.5 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  13. 3.0 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  14. 3.9 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  15. 3.0 4 km W of Lucien, 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 4.3 on 2017-09-08 — it released about 350 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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