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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near El Reno, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in El Reno in the 24 hours to 8:09 am CST (14:09 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 12 km (7 mi) NW, at 8:54 pm CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near El Reno
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of El Reno, OK, at 5:34 am CDT on 14 March 2024 (10:34 UTC), 7.8 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 9 km NNE of El Reno, Oklahoma
39 km (24 mi) WNW of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 5:34 am CDT on 14 March 2024 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of El Reno, OK · earthquakes near El Reno
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Canadian County, 9 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 971 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In El Reno, 9 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: Okarche, Piedmont, Yukon, Union City, Bethany, Kingfisher.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2024-01-13 — about 9,400 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 35.6083, -97.9132. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian County, OK | 9 km (6 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 38 km (24 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 46 km (29 mi) | E | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Logan County, OK | 54 km (33 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Blaine County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Caddo County, OK | 65 km (40 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Caddo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 1.6 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1.8 4 km N of Newcastle, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma
- 1.5 4 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.7 4 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km NE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.7 12 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma
- 1.7 7 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.6 5 km NE of Calumet, Oklahoma
- 1.8 6 km ENE of Edmond, 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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