QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Guthrie, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Guthrie in the 24 hours to 4:33 am CST (10:33 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Guthrie

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Guthrie, OK, at 4:23 am CDT on 3 April 2019 (09:23 UTC), 7.0 km deep.

USGS: 8 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma

52 km (32 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Edmond, OK

4:23 am CDT, Apr 3, 2019 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 9 kmPayne County 38 kmOklahoma County 41 kmLincoln County 48 kmNoble County 53 kmKingfisher County 53 kmGarfield County 65 kmCanadian County 71 kmPawnee County 73 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:23 am CDT on 3 April 2019 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Guthrie, OK · earthquakes near Guthrie
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 9 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2710 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 27 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Guthrie, 8 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Guthrie 8 km, intensity II · Langston 9 km, intensity II · Crescent 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — about 23,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 35.9172, -97.3470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 9 km (6 mi) W earthquakes near Logan County
Payne County, OK 38 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Payne County
Oklahoma County, OK 41 km (25 mi) S earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Lincoln County, OK 48 km (30 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Noble County, OK 53 km (33 mi) N earthquakes near Noble County
Kingfisher County, OK 53 km (33 mi) W earthquakes near Kingfisher County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma
  2. 2.7 4 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 5 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  4. 2.5 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 9 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  7. 1.5 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 6 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  11. 3.0 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 5 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 8 km ESE of Guthrie, 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.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.