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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Minco, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Minco in the 24 hours to 3:48 pm CST (21:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 34 km (21 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Minco

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded in Minco, OK, at 5:00 pm CDT on 14 September 2025 (22:00 UTC), 8.4 km deep.

USGS: 1 km N of Minco, Oklahoma

42 km (26 mi) WSW of Oklahoma City, OK

5:00 pm CDT, Sep 14, 2025 · · 8.4 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Canadian County 24 kmGrady County 35 kmCaddo County 43 kmOklahoma County 55 kmMcClain County 57 kmCleveland County 58 kmKingfisher County 69 kmBlaine County 75 kmLogan County 79 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
5:00 pm CDT on 14 September 2025 ()
Where
in Minco, OK · earthquakes near Minco
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Canadian County, 24 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 423 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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: Union City, Tuttle, Mustang, El Reno, Yukon.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.8 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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

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 35.3307, -97.9460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Canadian County, OK 24 km (15 mi) N earthquakes near Canadian County
Grady County, OK 35 km (22 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
Caddo County, OK 43 km (27 mi) WSW earthquakes near Caddo County
Oklahoma County, OK 55 km (34 mi) ENE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
McClain County, OK 57 km (35 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 58 km (36 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cleveland 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. 2.8 2 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  2. 1.9 2 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  3. 2.4 2 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 2 km NE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  5. 1.8 2 km NNE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  6. 1.6 2 km NNE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  7. 1.7 15 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma
  8. 1.5 17 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  9. 1.6 17 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 17 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  11. 2.5 18 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 18 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 17 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 18 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma
  15. 1.8 18 km W of Union 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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