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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Langston, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Langston in the 24 hours to 3:42 pm CST (21:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 80 km (50 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Langston
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north of Langston, OK, at 8:12 pm CST on 12 December 2020 (02:12 UTC), 6.8 km deep.
USGS: 3 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma
61 km (38 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 24 km (15 mi) SW of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 8:12 pm CST on 12 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north of Langston, OK · earthquakes near Langston
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Logan County, 18 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2158 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Langston, 3 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: Langston 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.3 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 3.0 100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 100,000 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 35.9743, -97.2622. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 18 km (11 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Payne County, OK | 28 km (18 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 46 km (28 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Noble County, OK | 46 km (28 mi) | N | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 49 km (30 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 61 km (38 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kingfisher 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.
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 3.4 6 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 2.0 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 1.8 3 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 2.1 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 2.1 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km ESE of Covington, 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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