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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 6:29 am CST (12:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) north of Oklahoma City, OK, at 3:54 am CST on 22 February 2020 (09:54 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 2 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma
46 km (28 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 27 km (17 mi) NW of Edmond, OK
- When
- 3:54 am CST on 22 February 2020 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) north of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Logan County, 13 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2452 days ago
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 45 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.
Likely felt in: Crescent 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 4.6 on 2018-04-09 — about 25,000 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 35.8727, -97.5842. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 13 km (8 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 33 km (20 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 39 km (24 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Canadian County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Garfield County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Payne County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Payne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.0 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.9 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 2.0 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.7 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.7 1 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 1.5 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 1.6 0 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.0 0 km E of Coyle, 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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