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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Crescent, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Crescent in the 24 hours to 4:56 pm CST (22:56 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 56 km (34 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crescent
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Crescent, OK, at 5:50 am CST on 17 January 2016 (11:50 UTC), 6.0 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma
50 km (31 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 30 km (18 mi) NNW of Edmond, OK
- When
- 5:50 am CST on 17 January 2016 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Crescent, OK · earthquakes near Crescent
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Logan County, 8 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1563 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 67 km (42 mi) from the epicentre. In Crescent, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Crescent 6 km, intensity III · Guthrie 11 km, intensity III · Langston 26 km, intensity III · Edmond 30 km, intensity III · Kingfisher 36 km, intensity III · Hennessey 38 km, intensity II · Luther 42 km, intensity II · Okarche 44 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 4.2 on 2016-01-01 — about 89 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 35.9175, -97.5437. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 8 km (5 mi) | E | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 35 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 42 km (26 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Payne County, OK | 54 km (34 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Garfield County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Canadian County, OK | 57 km (36 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Canadian County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.7 5 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.6 4 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.8 4 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.5 9 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 2.9 9 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 2.5 5 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 3.1 5 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 3.1 5 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.7 4 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.5 Oklahoma
- 3.1 11 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma
- 3.1 3 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma
- 2.5 7 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 2.6 3 km ENE of Covington, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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