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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Luther, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Luther in the 24 hours to 5:48 pm CST (23:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 77 km (48 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Luther
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Luther, OK, at 7:36 am CDT on 15 October 2021 (12:36 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 2 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma
37 km (23 mi) ENE of Oklahoma City, OK · 22 km (14 mi) E of Edmond, OK
- When
- 7:36 am CDT on 15 October 2021 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Luther, OK · earthquakes near Luther
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Oklahoma County, 24 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1841 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Luther, 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: Luther 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 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 110,000 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 · 39 km ESE 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 35.6518, -97.1675. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma County, OK | 24 km (15 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 26 km (16 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Logan County, OK | 39 km (24 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Payne County, OK | 51 km (31 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 Oklahoma
- 3.5 5 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.6 6 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 2.1 7 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma
- 2.4 2 km SE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma
- 2.0 Oklahoma
- 2.6 2 km SSE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.1 9 km W of Meeker, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 1.9 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km NE of Harrah, 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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