Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8mb_lg
Oklahoma
Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma, 44 km (27 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK, at 1:32 pm CDT on 26 April 2016 (18:32 UTC), 7.8 km deep.
44 km (27 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK · 23 km (15 mi) ENE of Edmond, OK
- When
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 26 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3778 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 61 km (38 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Luther 9 km, intensity III · Langston 24 km, intensity III · Chandler 26 km, intensity III · Guthrie 28 km, intensity III · Choctaw 28 km, intensity III · Perkins 29 km, intensity III · Edmond 30 km, intensity III · Midwest City 38 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 2016-04-07 — about 130 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 · 43 km ESE 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 35.7386, -97.1659. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 26 km (16 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 30 km (19 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Logan County, OK | 32 km (20 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Payne County, OK | 42 km (26 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 61 km (38 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 62 km (38 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 3.3 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.6 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 3.1 3 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 3.0 3 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.1 7 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma
- 3.2 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 3.1 8 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.8 3 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 2.8 1 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.5 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.6 4 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 3.1 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
- 2.8 1 km W of Meridian, 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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