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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Perry, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Perry in the 24 hours to 6:28 am CST (12:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 102 km (63 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Perry

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) north of Perry, OK, at 12:01 pm CST on 14 February 2024 (18:01 UTC), 4.9 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 12 km N of Perry, Oklahoma

37 km (23 mi) NW of Stillwater, OK · 105 km (65 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK

12:01 pm CST, Feb 14, 2024 · · 4.9 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Noble County 7 kmGarfield County 43 kmPayne County 47 kmKay County 48 kmLogan County 55 kmPawnee County 56 kmGrant County 60 kmKingfisher County 75 kmOsage County 85 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
12:01 pm CST on 14 February 2024 ()
Where
13 km (8 mi) north of Perry, OK · earthquakes near Perry
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
4.9 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Noble County, 7 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 931 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 40 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Perry, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Perry 13 km, intensity III · Stillwater 39 km, intensity II · Ponca City 40 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 95,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 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 36.4008, -97.3140. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Noble County, OK 7 km (4 mi) ESE earthquakes near Noble County
Garfield County, OK 43 km (26 mi) W earthquakes near Garfield County
Payne County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SE earthquakes near Payne County
Kay County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NNE earthquakes near Kay County
Logan County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SSW earthquakes near Logan County
Pawnee County, OK 56 km (35 mi) E earthquakes near Pawnee 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.

  1. 2.1 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 9 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 4 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
  5. 1.5 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
  7. 1.9 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  9. 1.7 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 6 km S of Covington, Oklahoma
  11. 2.2 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  12. 3.3 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  13. 3.4 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma
  14. 2.8 11 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma
  15. 2.2 10 km W of Lamont, 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.

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