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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Perry, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Perry in the 24 hours to 5:30 pm CST (23:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 102 km (63 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Perry
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) south of Perry, OK, at 9:45 pm CST on 23 December 2020 (03:45 UTC), 8.2 km deep.
USGS: 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
86 km (54 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 9:45 pm CST on 23 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) south of Perry, OK · earthquakes near Perry
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Noble County, 19 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2137 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 1 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Perry, 8 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: Stillwater.
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 5.8 on 2016-09-03 — about 1,900,000 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 36.2203, -97.2825. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble County, OK | 19 km (12 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Payne County, OK | 32 km (20 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Logan County, OK | 37 km (23 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Garfield County, OK | 49 km (30 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Pawnee County, OK | 54 km (33 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 66 km (41 mi) | WSW | 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.
- 1.6 3 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 1.7 8 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma
- 1.8 8 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.7 9 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma
- 1.6 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 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
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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