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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 8:45 am CST (14:45 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Oklahoma City, OK, at 9:53 am CST on 6 January 2021 (15:53 UTC), 7.3 km deep.
USGS: 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
46 km (29 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK · 24 km (15 mi) NE of Edmond, OK
- When
- 9:53 am CST on 6 January 2021 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Logan County, 27 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2135 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 Oklahoma City, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Luther, Langston, Guthrie, Perkins, Jones, Edmond.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 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 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 99,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 48 km SE of this epicentre
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 35.7918, -97.1950. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 27 km (17 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 30 km (19 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 33 km (20 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Payne County, OK | 38 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Noble County, OK | 66 km (41 mi) | N | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 66 km (41 mi) | S | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.8 3 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma
- 1.8 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 2.0 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.6 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.9 4 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.8 4 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 1.5 10 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.5 Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.5 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 2.6 3 km SE of Carney, 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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