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M 3.5ml
Earthquake near Okarche, OK
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Okarche in the last 24 hours. M 3.4, 14 km (9 mi) SSW of Okarche, at 10:32 pm CST on 14 November 2026 (04:32 UTC); the estimated shaking in Okarche was intensity IV (light). 36 people have reported feeling it to USGS. Every earthquake near Okarche
This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 15 km (10 mi) northwest of Okarche, OK, at 5:24 am CST on 24 November 2019 (11:24 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 11 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 15 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma
66 km (41 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 5:24 am CST on 24 November 2019 ()
- Where
- 15 km (10 mi) northwest of Okarche, OK · earthquakes near Okarche
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 3.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 11 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Kingfisher County, 20 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2465 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 299 km (186 mi) from the epicentre. In Okarche, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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: Okarche 15 km, intensity IV · Kingfisher 16 km, intensity IV · Watonga 29 km, intensity III · El Reno 35 km, intensity III · Hennessey 36 km, intensity III · Okeene 38 km, intensity III · Yukon 46 km, intensity III · Crescent 47 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.5 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 68,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.5 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.2× more
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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
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 35.8237, -98.0975. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher County, OK | 20 km (13 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Blaine County, OK | 30 km (19 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Canadian County, OK | 33 km (20 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Logan County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | E | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Major County, OK | 68 km (42 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Major County |
| Garfield County, OK | 68 km (42 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 2 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma
- 1.7 8 km WNW of Greenfield, Oklahoma
- 1.5 7 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
- 2.0 Oklahoma
- 1.7 7 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma
- 2.1 7 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma
- 1.9 11 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma
- 1.9 13 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma
- 1.8 11 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma
- 3.4 12 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma
- 1.6 13 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
- 2.0 13 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma
- 2.0 6 km NNE of Loyal, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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