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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 10:10 am CST (16:10 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK, at 2:17 am CDT on 30 June 2024 (07:17 UTC), 6.0 km deep.

USGS: 7 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma

41 km (26 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 17 km (11 mi) NE of Edmond, OK

2:17 am CDT, Jun 30, 2024 · · 6.0 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 19 kmOklahoma County 28 kmLincoln County 39 kmPayne County 43 kmKingfisher County 60 kmCleveland County 65 kmNoble County 66 kmCanadian County 68 kmPottawatomie County 72 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
2:17 am CDT on 30 June 2024 ()
Where
41 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 19 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 863 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 39 km (24 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 41 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.

Likely felt in: Guthrie 15 km, intensity II · Luther 17 km, intensity II · Langston 17 km, intensity II · Edmond 23 km, intensity II · Perkins 31 km, intensity II · Crescent 32 km, intensity II · Choctaw 33 km, intensity II · Chandler 39 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 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 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — 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 35.7927, -97.2958. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 19 km (12 mi) NW earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 28 km (18 mi) SSW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Lincoln County, OK 39 km (24 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Payne County, OK 43 km (27 mi) NE earthquakes near Payne County
Kingfisher County, OK 60 km (37 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Cleveland County, OK 65 km (41 mi) S earthquakes near Cleveland County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 7 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  2. 1.8 12 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  13. 1.8 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 5 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma
  15. 2.3 13 km ESE of Dover, 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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