Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
10.4 km WNW of Jefferson, OK
Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 10.4 km WNW of Jefferson, OK, 37 km (23 mi) NNE of Enid, OK, at 1:33 am CST on 14 November 2020 (07:33 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
37 km (23 mi) NNE of Enid, OK · 138 km (85 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Grant County, 14 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2186 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2018-04-07 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
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 36.6973, -97.6778. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County, OK | 14 km (9 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Garfield County, OK | 37 km (23 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Kay County, OK | 49 km (31 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kay County |
| Noble County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | W | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Sumner County, KS | 62 km (39 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Sumner County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 2 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 2.1 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.9 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.5 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.6 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 2.4 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.7 9 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.7 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.6 10 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.3 10 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.6 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
- 2.0 4 km E of Enid, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 2.2 4 km W of Lucien, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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