Earthquakes in Garfield County, Oklahoma
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Garfield County was M 3.2, 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma, 33 km (20 mi) W of the centre of Garfield County, at 7:15 pm CST on 3 November 2026, 6 km deep. 7 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking at the centre of Garfield County was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 2 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Garfield County since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Garfield County in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0
- Last 7 days
- 0
- Last 30 days
- 6 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 21
- Last 12 months
- 35 · largest M 3.6 on 3 November 2026
- Since 2016
- 2,734 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 4.6 on 9 April 2018, 8 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma
Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Garfield County · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses
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0 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days within 50 km. Normal for here is 1 to 6 in a week.
Compared against Garfield County, Oklahoma's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.
The last 30 days
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Latest earthquakes within 50 km
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The centre is 36.378, -97.789, the Census internal point of Garfield County, Oklahoma from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity on this page is measured within 50 km of it — the dashed circle.
Largest on record nearby
The strongest shaking this record implies at the centre of Garfield County, Oklahoma is intensity V (moderate), from the M 4.6 of 2018, 26 km away. At that level nearly everyone notices; some objects fall and plaster can crack.
| Magnitude | When | Where | Shaking here (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 4.6 | 8 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · felt by 2,651 | V · Moderate | |
| M 4.6 | 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · felt by 1,498 | V · Moderate | |
| M 4.4 | 8 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · felt by 3,012 | IV · Light | |
| M 4.4 | 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · felt by 1,955 | IV · Light | |
| M 4.3 | 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · felt by 827 | IV · Light | |
| M 4.2 | 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · felt by 726 | IV · Light | |
| M 4.2 | 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · felt by 970 | IV · Light | |
| M 4.2 | 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · felt by 320 | IV · Light |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above. Shaking is an estimate for the centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. Ground conditions change it locally; it is a description of the past, not a hazard rating.
Before 2016
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Garfield County, Oklahoma.
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.
Town pages near Garfield County, Oklahoma
Enid 8 km · 838 M2.5+ named after it · Hennessey 31 km · 63 M2.5+ named after it · Perry 46 km · 69 M2.5+ named after it · Helena 47 km · 20 M2.5+ named after it
Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Be ready
Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces