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M 2.0ml

2 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma

· 6.2 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 14 kmCleveland County 27 kmGrady County 29 kmGarvin County 48 kmOklahoma County 55 kmPottawatomie County 59 kmCanadian County 63 kmStephens County 71 kmCaddo County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
McClain County, 14 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2910 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 35.0785, -97.5815. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McClain County, OK 14 km (9 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 27 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cleveland County
Grady County, OK 29 km (18 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grady County
Garvin County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garvin County
Oklahoma County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Pottawatomie County, OK 59 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pottawatomie County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 5 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma
  2. 2.8 4 km S of Minco, Oklahoma
  3. 2.4 5 km SW of Tuttle, Oklahoma
  4. 2.5 6 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 4 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 3.0 4 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 3.0 0 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  8. 2.8 1 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 2.3 1 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma
  10. 2.4 4 km ENE of Tuttle, Oklahoma
  11. 3.3 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 2.5 1 km E of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 0 km SSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 2.3 0 km SSE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 2.4 0 km SE of Bridge Creek, 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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