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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Enid, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 10:46 am CST (16:46 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 2.0 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) north-northeast of Enid, OK, at 12:43 am CST on 3 February 2022 (06:43 UTC), 23 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma
36 km (23 mi) NNE of Enid, OK · 141 km (88 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 12:43 am CST on 3 February 2022 ()
- Where
- 38 km (23 mi) north-northeast of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 23 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Grant County, 8 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1741 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 Enid, 38 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 4.5 on 2022-01-31 — about 6,000 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 36.7223, -97.7670. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County, OK | 8 km (5 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Garfield County, OK | 38 km (24 mi) | S | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | W | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Kay County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kay County |
| Harper County, KS | 58 km (36 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Harper County |
| Noble County, OK | 60 km (38 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Noble 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.
- 1.9 6 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
- 2.9 7 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
- 1.8 10 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma
- 1.8 0 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
- 1.9 7 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma
- 1.7 2 km NW of Covington, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
- 1.7 1 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
- 2.7 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
- 2.0 10 km W of Medford, Oklahoma
- 1.7 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 1.8 2 km NW of Renfrow, 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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