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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Kingfisher, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Kingfisher in the 24 hours to 10:09 am CST (16:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 30 km (18 mi) SSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kingfisher
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) west-northwest of Kingfisher, OK, at 5:12 pm CST on 2 December 2021 (23:12 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 1 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma
80 km (49 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK · 54 km (34 mi) SSW of Enid, OK
- When
- 5:12 pm CST on 2 December 2021 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) west-northwest of Kingfisher, OK · earthquakes near Kingfisher
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kingfisher County, 19 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1804 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Kingfisher, 22 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: Okeene, Hennessey, Watonga.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× 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 8.4 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 4.1 on 2016-01-18 — about 5,100 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 35.9697, -98.1417. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher County, OK | 19 km (12 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Blaine County, OK | 28 km (17 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Canadian County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Major County, OK | 52 km (33 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Major County |
| Garfield County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Logan County, OK | 62 km (39 mi) | E | earthquakes near Logan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 5 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 2.2 10 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma
- 2.2 10 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma
- 2.1 10 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma
- 1.9 10 km E of Longdale, Oklahoma
- 2.3 10 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
- 1.5 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.5 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.5 2 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 2.8 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 1.7 9 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma
- 2.0 9 km N of Piedmont, Oklahoma
- 1.7 8 km SSE of Fairview, 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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