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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 6:28 am CST (12:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) southwest of Enid, OK, at 8:53 pm CST on 8 February 2020 (02:53 UTC), 6.3 km deep.

USGS: 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma

96 km (59 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK · 40 km (25 mi) SW of Enid, OK

8:53 pm CST, Feb 8, 2020 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingfisher County 30 kmBlaine County 37 kmMajor County 38 kmGarfield County 43 kmAlfalfa County 67 kmCanadian County 69 kmLogan County 70 kmDewey County 78 kmGrant County 80 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
8:53 pm CST on 8 February 2020 ()
Where
39 km (24 mi) southwest of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kingfisher County, 30 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2466 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Enid, 39 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Okeene, Hennessey, Waukomis.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 4.1 on 2016-01-18 — about 6,500 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 36.1412, -98.1715. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kingfisher County, OK 30 km (19 mi) SE earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Blaine County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SW earthquakes near Blaine County
Major County, OK 38 km (24 mi) WNW earthquakes near Major County
Garfield County, OK 43 km (27 mi) NE earthquakes near Garfield County
Alfalfa County, OK 67 km (42 mi) NNW earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Canadian County, OK 69 km (43 mi) SSE earthquakes near Canadian County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 3 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  4. 2.2 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 9 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma
  6. 2.2 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  7. 2.3 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  9. 2.1 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  10. 2.1 3 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 11 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 4 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 2 km NW 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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