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M 1.7ml

16 km N of Kenton, Oklahoma

· 5.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baca County 49 kmCimarron County 54 kmUnion County 76 kmDallam County 92 kmLas Animas County 98 kmBent County 98 kmMorton County 106 kmOtero County 113 kmProwers County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Baca County, 49 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1794 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 37.0506, -102.9907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baca County, CO 49 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Baca County
Cimarron County, OK 54 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Cimarron County
Union County, NM 76 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Union County
Dallam County, TX 92 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dallam County
Las Animas County, CO 98 km (61 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Las Animas County
Bent County, CO 98 km (61 mi) S of here earthquakes near Bent County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 25 km E of Kim, Colorado
  2. 1.9 20 km NNW of Kenton, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 23 km W of Pritchett, Colorado
  4. 1.5 18 km WSW of Kim, Colorado
  5. 1.6 10 km NW of Pritchett, Colorado
  6. 3.7 9 km NW of Pritchett, Colorado

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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