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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Fairview, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Fairview in the 24 hours to 5:30 pm CST (23:30 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Fairview, OK, at 6:19 am CST on 3 November 2020 (12:19 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 5 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma
54 km (34 mi) WSW of Enid, OK · 119 km (74 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 6:19 am CST on 3 November 2020 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Fairview, OK · earthquakes near Fairview
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Major County, 13 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2199 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Fairview, 6 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 6 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 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 150,000 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 36.2320, -98.4323. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major County, OK | 13 km (8 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Major County |
| Blaine County, OK | 39 km (24 mi) | S | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Dewey County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Dewey County |
| Garfield County, OK | 60 km (37 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Garfield 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.
- 1.8 7 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 1.7 7 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 2.3 7 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.6 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.5 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.8 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.9 Oklahoma
- 2.4 4 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma
- 1.5 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.5 8 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma
- 1.7 7 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.0 7 km N of Ames, 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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