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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Fairview, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Fairview in the 24 hours to 8:08 am CST (14:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 83 km (52 mi) SSE, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fairview

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Fairview, OK, at 11:58 pm CST on 1 December 2019 (05:58 UTC), 5.6 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma

11:58 pm CST, Dec 1, 2019 · · 5.6 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Fairview Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Major County 28 kmBlaine County 29 kmDewey County 36 kmCuster County 58 kmKingfisher County 65 kmWoodward County 69 kmWoods County 75 kmAlfalfa County 78 kmGarfield County 83 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
11:58 pm CST on 1 December 2019 ()
Where
26 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Fairview, OK · earthquakes near Fairview
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Major County, 28 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2536 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 36 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Fairview, 26 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: Fairview 26 km, intensity II · Okeene 29 km, intensity II · Watonga 32 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — about 17,000 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 36.0742, -98.6350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Major County, OK 28 km (17 mi) NNE earthquakes near Major County
Blaine County, OK 29 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Blaine County
Dewey County, OK 36 km (22 mi) WSW earthquakes near Dewey County
Custer County, OK 58 km (36 mi) SW earthquakes near Custer County
Kingfisher County, OK 65 km (40 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Woodward County, OK 69 km (43 mi) NW earthquakes near Woodward County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 5 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 5 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  5. 1.7 7 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  8. 1.6 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  9. 1.8 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  10. 1.9 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma
  14. 1.9 11 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma
  15. 1.9 13 km WNW of Watonga, 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.

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