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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 9:26 pm CST (03:26 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) southwest of Oklahoma City, OK, at 3:05 am CDT on 5 August 2022 (08:05 UTC), 5.8 km deep.

USGS: 5 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma

38 km (23 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 31 km (19 mi) WSW of Moore, OK

3:05 am CDT, Aug 5, 2022 · · 5.8 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 23 kmMcClain County 37 kmCanadian County 41 kmCleveland County 42 kmOklahoma County 51 kmCaddo County 54 kmGarvin County 70 kmPottawatomie County 75 kmStephens County 81 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
3:05 am CDT on 5 August 2022 ()
Where
38 km (23 mi) southwest of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
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Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grady County, 23 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1560 days ago

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 Oklahoma City, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Tuttle, Blanchard, Newcastle, Minco, Mustang, Chickasha.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.8 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 35.2098, -97.7863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 23 km (14 mi) SSW earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Canadian County, OK 41 km (25 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
Cleveland County, OK 42 km (26 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County
Oklahoma County, OK 51 km (32 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Caddo County, OK 54 km (34 mi) W earthquakes near Caddo County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 6 km WSW of Minco, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 4 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  3. 2.7 9 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 1.7 4 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 4 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 4 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 9 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma
  8. 1.7 5 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 5 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  10. 2.4 5 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
  12. 1.5 3 km E of Union City, Oklahoma
  13. 1.6 6 km E of Union City, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 9 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 9 km WSW of Blanchard, 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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