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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Enid, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 10:50 am CST (16:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 25 km (16 mi) west of Enid, OK, at 5:34 pm CDT on 3 September 2021 (22:34 UTC), 6.2 km deep.
USGS: 2 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
26 km (16 mi) W of Enid, OK · 116 km (72 mi) NNW of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 5:34 pm CDT on 3 September 2021 ()
- Where
- 25 km (16 mi) west of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Garfield County, 33 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Enid, 25 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: Helena, Waukomis.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 4.4 on 2018-06-09 — about 16,000 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 36.3705, -98.1598. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield County, OK | 33 km (21 mi) | E | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Major County, OK | 35 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Major County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 43 km (26 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Grant County, OK | 57 km (35 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Blaine County, OK | 60 km (37 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Blaine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma
- 2.3 7 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
- 1.6 1 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma
- 2.3 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma
- 2.0 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
- 1.9 9 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma
- 2.1 8 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma
- 2.4 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
- 1.8 10 km WSW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma
- 2.3 4 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
- 1.9 4 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km WSW of Aline, 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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- 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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