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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

2 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma

· 6.2 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Major County 32 kmGarfield County 36 kmAlfalfa County 42 kmKingfisher County 52 kmBlaine County 58 kmGrant County 59 kmWoods County 72 kmLogan County 83 kmDewey County 85 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
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Major County, 32 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2922 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 36.3652, -98.1929. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Major County, OK 32 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Major County
Garfield County, OK 36 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Alfalfa County, OK 42 km (26 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Kingfisher County, OK 52 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Blaine County, OK 58 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Grant County, OK 59 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Grant 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. 2.5 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  2. 2.6 6 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma
  3. 3.0 4 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  4. 2.7 5 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma
  5. 2.6 2 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  6. 2.3 2 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 1 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  9. 2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 0 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma
  11. 2.7 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  12. 2.4 4 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  13. 2.7 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 1 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  15. 2.5 1 km NNW of Fairmont, 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — it released about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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