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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near El Reno, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in El Reno in the 24 hours to 8:09 am CST (14:09 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 12 km (7 mi) NW, at 8:54 pm CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near El Reno

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north of El Reno, OK, at 3:17 pm CDT on 11 July 2019 (20:17 UTC), 5.0 km deep.

USGS: 9 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma

43 km (27 mi) WNW of Oklahoma City, OK

3:17 pm CDT, Jul 11, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 9 kmKingfisher County 36 kmOklahoma County 49 kmBlaine County 52 kmLogan County 55 kmCaddo County 64 kmGrady County 67 kmCleveland County 73 kmMcClain 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
3:17 pm CDT on 11 July 2019 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north of El Reno, OK · earthquakes near El Reno
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canadian County, 9 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2679 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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In El Reno, 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: El Reno 10 km, intensity II · Okarche 12 km, intensity II · Yukon 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 4.2 on 2016-01-01 — about 2,300 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 35.6215, -97.9477. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Canadian County, OK 9 km (6 mi) SSW earthquakes near Canadian County
Kingfisher County, OK 36 km (23 mi) N earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Oklahoma County, OK 49 km (31 mi) E earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Blaine County, OK 52 km (32 mi) WNW earthquakes near Blaine County
Logan County, OK 55 km (34 mi) NE earthquakes near Logan County
Caddo County, OK 64 km (40 mi) SW earthquakes near Caddo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 14 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  2. 2.3 12 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 14 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  4. 2.1 13 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  5. 2.2 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 13 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 13 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  8. 2.0 12 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  9. 2.0 12 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 11 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 12 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 12 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 11 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  14. 3.4 13 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
  15. 2.4 13 km W of Kingfisher, 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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