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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Woodward, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Woodward in the 24 hours to 11:34 am CST (17:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 152 km (94 mi) SE, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Woodward
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) east-northeast of Woodward, OK, at 10:21 am CST on 20 December 2022 (16:21 UTC), 6.8 km deep.
USGS: 8 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- When
- 10:21 am CST on 20 December 2022 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) east-northeast of Woodward, OK · earthquakes near Woodward
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Woods County, 22 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1421 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Woodward, 40 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: Mooreland.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 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 1,500,000× 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 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — about 130,000 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 36.5408, -98.9600. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods County, OK | 22 km (14 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Woods County |
| Woodward County, OK | 31 km (19 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Woodward County |
| Major County, OK | 45 km (28 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Major County |
| Alfalfa County, OK | 61 km (38 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Alfalfa County |
| Dewey County, OK | 63 km (39 mi) | S | earthquakes near Dewey County |
| Harper County, OK | 69 km (43 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Harper County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 14 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.0 18 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.9 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.7 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.0 Oklahoma
- 2.2 4 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
- 1.6 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 1.7 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.0 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
- 2.3 6 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma
- 2.2 4 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
- 1.6 2 km SE of Aline, 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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