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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Crescent, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Crescent in the 24 hours to 10:08 am CST (16:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 56 km (34 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crescent

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Crescent, OK, at 10:32 pm CDT on 13 April 2019 (03:32 UTC), 7.6 km deep.

USGS: 10 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma

62 km (39 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 41 km (25 mi) NNW of Edmond, OK

10:32 pm CDT, Apr 13, 2019 · · 7.6 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 15 kmKingfisher County 37 kmGarfield County 45 kmNoble County 48 kmPayne County 50 kmOklahoma County 54 kmCanadian County 67 kmLincoln County 69 kmPawnee County 81 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
10:32 pm CDT on 13 April 2019 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) northeast of Crescent, OK · earthquakes near Crescent
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 15 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2723 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 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Crescent, 10 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: Crescent 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 19 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 4.6 on 2018-04-09 — about 12,000 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 36.0282, -97.5298. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 15 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Logan County
Kingfisher County, OK 37 km (23 mi) WSW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Garfield County, OK 45 km (28 mi) NNW earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NNE earthquakes near Noble County
Payne County, OK 50 km (31 mi) E earthquakes near Payne County
Oklahoma County, OK 54 km (33 mi) SSE earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 13 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 10 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma
  4. 1.6 6 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma
  5. 2.0 7 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 5 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  7. 2.5 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 9 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma
  9. 1.8 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  10. 1.5 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 6 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 11 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma
  13. 1.9 2 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  15. 2.2 5 km SSW of Fairmont, 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

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