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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 7:32 am CST (13:32 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 31 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Enid, OK, at 5:46 am CDT on 23 October 2026 (10:46 UTC), 6.7 km deep.

USGS: 8 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma

29 km (18 mi) NNE of Enid, OK · 131 km (81 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK

5:46 am CDT, Oct 23, 2026 · · 6.7 km deep · released about 4.8 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 19 kmGarfield County 29 kmNoble County 50 kmKay County 54 kmAlfalfa County 57 kmSumner County 70 kmHarper County 70 kmKingfisher County 79 kmLogan County 83 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
5:46 am CDT on 23 October 2026 ()
Where
31 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grant County, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 19 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 4.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 4.8 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 4.6 on 2018-04-09 — about 50,000 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 36.6325, -97.6998. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grant County, OK 19 km (12 mi) NNW earthquakes near Grant County
Garfield County, OK 29 km (18 mi) SSW earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 50 km (31 mi) ESE earthquakes near Noble County
Kay County, OK 54 km (33 mi) ENE earthquakes near Kay County
Alfalfa County, OK 57 km (35 mi) W earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Sumner County, KS 70 km (43 mi) NNE earthquakes near Sumner County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 1 km NNE of Garber, Oklahoma
  2. 1.1 4 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma
  3. 1.8 9 km NW of Renfrow, 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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