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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 10:51 am CST (16:51 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) east of Oklahoma City, OK, at 1:48 am CST on 12 March 2016 (07:48 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 5 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma
46 km (28 mi) E of Oklahoma City, OK · 33 km (20 mi) E of Midwest City, OK
- When
- 1:48 am CST on 12 March 2016 ()
- Where
- 46 km (28 mi) east of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Pottawatomie County, 25 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3827 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 51 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 46 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: Shawnee 14 km, intensity III · Choctaw 24 km, intensity II · Luther 30 km, intensity II · Prague 30 km, intensity II · Chandler 32 km, intensity II · Midwest City 35 km, intensity II · Moore 44 km, intensity II · Norman 45 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 250 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 25 km ENE of this epicentre
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 35.4361, -97.0126. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 25 km (16 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 32 km (20 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 38 km (24 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 38 km (24 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Seminole County, OK | 48 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Seminole County |
| McClain County, OK | 61 km (38 mi) | SW | earthquakes near McClain 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.
- 3.0 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.7 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 3.7 5 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.9 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 3.0 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 3.0 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
- 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 3.6 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.8 Oklahoma
- 3.6 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 2.5 7 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km ENE of Harrah, 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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