Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
Oklahoma
Yes. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma, 36 km (22 mi) NNE of Stillwater, OK, at 1:14 pm CDT on 14 September 2022 (18:14 UTC), 7.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
36 km (22 mi) NNE of Stillwater, OK · 119 km (74 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report
- Nearest
- Pawnee County, 25 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1519 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. 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: Pawnee, Fairfax, McCord.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 5.8 on 2016-09-03 — about 1,600,000 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 36.4335, -96.9390. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee County, OK | 25 km (16 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Noble County, OK | 27 km (17 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Payne County, OK | 40 km (25 mi) | S | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Kay County, OK | 46 km (29 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kay County |
| Osage County, OK | 52 km (32 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Osage County |
| Logan County, OK | 74 km (46 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Logan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 12 km N of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.0 3 km NNE of Marland, Oklahoma
- 1.5 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.7 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Marland, Oklahoma
- 2.5 6 km NNW of Marland, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.9 Oklahoma
- 2.8 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.7 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.6 2 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 1.5 Oklahoma
- 2.4 15 km NW of Pawnee, 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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