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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Stillwater, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Stillwater in the 24 hours to 2:20 pm CST (20:20 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 105 km (65 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Stillwater
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Stillwater, OK, at 1:49 am CST on 16 December 2021 (07:49 UTC), 7.4 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
64 km (40 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 20 km (12 mi) SW of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 1:49 am CST on 16 December 2021 ()
- Where
- 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Stillwater, OK · earthquakes near Stillwater
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Payne County, 23 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1791 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 28 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Stillwater, 19 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: Langston 7 km, intensity II · Perkins 15 km, intensity II · Stillwater 19 km, intensity II · Guthrie 24 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 46 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 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 21,000 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 35.9833, -97.1978. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Logan County, OK | 24 km (15 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 42 km (26 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Noble County, OK | 45 km (28 mi) | N | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Pawnee County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 5 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 2.0 Oklahoma
- 1.8 Oklahoma
- 2.4 Oklahoma
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.7 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 2.2 5 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 2.4 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.2 2 km WNW of Cushing, 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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