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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 3:49 pm CST (21:49 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) south-southwest of Enid, OK, at 7:57 pm CST on 9 January 2025 (01:57 UTC), 5.4 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km NNW of Loyal, Oklahoma

85 km (53 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK · 49 km (30 mi) SSW of Enid, OK

7:57 pm CST, Jan 9, 2025 · · 5.4 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingfisher County 22 kmBlaine County 30 kmMajor County 47 kmGarfield County 50 kmCanadian County 57 kmLogan County 65 kmDewey County 78 kmAlfalfa County 79 kmOklahoma County 86 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
7:57 pm CST on 9 January 2025 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) south-southwest of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Kingfisher County, 22 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 601 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 42 km (26 mi) from the epicentre. In Enid, 47 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: Okeene 17 km, intensity II · Hennessey 24 km, intensity II · Kingfisher 28 km, intensity II · Watonga 31 km, intensity II · Okarche 38 km, intensity II · Fairview 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 130 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 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 4.1 on 2016-01-18 — about 330 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 36.0323, -98.1535. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kingfisher County, OK 22 km (14 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Blaine County, OK 30 km (19 mi) SW earthquakes near Blaine County
Major County, OK 47 km (29 mi) NW earthquakes near Major County
Garfield County, OK 50 km (31 mi) NE earthquakes near Garfield County
Canadian County, OK 57 km (35 mi) SSE earthquakes near Canadian County
Logan County, OK 65 km (40 mi) ESE earthquakes near Logan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 7 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 6 km E of Calumet, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 6 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  4. 1.9 4 km WSW of Dover, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 8 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  6. 1.5 7 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 8 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 6 km WSW of Calumet, Oklahoma
  9. 1.5 6 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 9 km NE of Calumet, Oklahoma
  11. 1.6 7 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
  12. 1.5 3 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma
  13. 1.5 4 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 12 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 3 km NNW 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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