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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 5:33 pm CST (23:33 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 3.0 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) west of Enid, OK, at 12:16 am CST on 24 January 2016 (06:16 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma

45 km (28 mi) W of Enid, OK · 134 km (83 mi) NW of Oklahoma City, OK

12:16 am CST, Jan 24, 2016 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Enid Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Major County 22 kmAlfalfa County 31 kmGarfield County 53 kmWoods County 54 kmBlaine County 64 kmGrant County 64 kmKingfisher County 68 kmDewey County 78 kmWoodward County 81 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
12:16 am CST on 24 January 2016 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) west of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
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Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Major County, 22 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1563 days ago

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 73 km (45 mi) from the epicentre. In Enid, 45 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: Helena 14 km, intensity III · Fairview 22 km, intensity III · Cherokee 34 km, intensity III · Okeene 37 km, intensity III · Enid 45 km, intensity II · Alva 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 4.7 on 2016-01-07 — about 350 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 36.4499, -98.3717. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Major County, OK 22 km (13 mi) SW earthquakes near Major County
Alfalfa County, OK 31 km (20 mi) N earthquakes near Alfalfa County
Garfield County, OK 53 km (33 mi) E earthquakes near Garfield County
Woods County, OK 54 km (33 mi) NW earthquakes near Woods County
Blaine County, OK 64 km (40 mi) S earthquakes near Blaine County
Grant County, OK 64 km (40 mi) NE earthquakes near Grant County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 16 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  3. 3.7 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  4. 2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  5. 2.4 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  6. 3.4 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  7. 2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  9. 2.8 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  10. 4.0 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  11. 5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  12. 2.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 16 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 6 km SE of Drummond, Oklahoma
  15. 2.8 3 km N of Lambert, 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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