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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Edmond, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Edmond in the 24 hours to 6:29 am CST (12:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 51 km (32 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Edmond
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 31 km (19 mi) northeast of Edmond, OK, at 3:02 am CDT on 12 April 2020 (08:02 UTC), 6.6 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
50 km (31 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Edmond, OK
- When
- 3:02 am CDT on 12 April 2020 ()
- Where
- 31 km (19 mi) northeast of Edmond, OK · earthquakes near Edmond
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Logan County, 17 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2403 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Edmond, 31 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Langston, Guthrie, Perkins, Luther.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.8 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — about 120,000 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 35.8748, -97.2720. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 17 km (10 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Payne County, OK | 35 km (22 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 38 km (23 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 40 km (25 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Noble County, OK | 57 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 60 km (37 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 5 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 1.9 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 1.7 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 1.8 Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km E of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 2.0 8 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 1.6 1 km NNE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.1 8 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 1.9 Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km SE 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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