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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Duncan, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Duncan in the 24 hours to 6:12 pm CST (00:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 123 km (77 mi) N, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Duncan

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) east-northeast of Duncan, OK, at 6:34 am CDT on 24 April 2025 (11:34 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 10 km NNW of Foster, Oklahoma

85 km (53 mi) S of Oklahoma City, OK

6:34 am CDT, Apr 24, 2025 · · 14 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garvin County 21 kmMcClain County 36 kmStephens County 38 kmGrady County 48 kmMurray County 49 kmCarter County 55 kmCleveland County 60 kmJefferson County 72 kmPontotoc County 78 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
6:34 am CDT on 24 April 2025 ()
Where
44 km (27 mi) east-northeast of Duncan, OK · earthquakes near Duncan
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Garvin County, 21 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 567 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 34 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Duncan, 44 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: Lindsay 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 34.7012, -97.5412. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Garvin County, OK 21 km (13 mi) E earthquakes near Garvin County
McClain County, OK 36 km (22 mi) NNE earthquakes near McClain County
Stephens County, OK 38 km (23 mi) SW earthquakes near Stephens County
Grady County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NW earthquakes near Grady County
Murray County, OK 49 km (31 mi) ESE earthquakes near Murray County
Carter County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Carter County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  2. 2.3 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  3. 2.0 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 10 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 9 km E of Loco, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 9 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  8. 1.9 9 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  9. 2.3 9 km WNW of Healdton, Oklahoma
  10. 2.4 10 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  11. 1.9 10 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  12. 1.7 10 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 10 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 2 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
  15. 1.6 7 km SE of Ratliff City, 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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