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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

6 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma

· 4.9 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 26 kmLincoln County 30 kmOklahoma County 33 kmPayne County 37 kmNoble County 66 kmCleveland County 66 kmPottawatomie County 69 kmKingfisher County 69 kmPawnee County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
4.9 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Logan County, 26 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2881 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 35.7955, -97.1980. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Logan County, OK 26 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Logan County
Lincoln County, OK 30 km (19 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Oklahoma County, OK 33 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Payne County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Payne County
Noble County, OK 66 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near Noble County
Cleveland County, OK 66 km (41 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cleveland 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. 1.8 11 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  3. 3.1 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  4. 2.4 9 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 9 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 1 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 9 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  8. 3.4 8 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma
  9. 1.9 8 km W of Langston, Oklahoma
  10. 2.4 6 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  11. 2.7 11 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma
  12. 2.4 11 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  13. 2.2 11 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  14. 2.0 5 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma
  15. 2.4 6 km SE of Langston, 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 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — it released about 1,400 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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