Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9mb_lg
20 km NNW of Kenton, Oklahoma
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Baca County, 53 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1475 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 37.0734, -103.0629. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baca County, CO | 53 km (33 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Baca County |
| Cimarron County, OK | 60 km (38 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Cimarron County |
| Union County, NM | 75 km (46 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Union County |
| Las Animas County, CO | 91 km (57 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Las Animas County |
| Bent County, CO | 95 km (59 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Bent County |
| Dallam County, TX | 97 km (60 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Dallam County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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