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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Edmond, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Edmond in the 24 hours to 9:25 am CST (15:25 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 51 km (32 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Edmond

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Edmond, OK, at 7:02 pm CDT on 16 May 2016 (00:02 UTC), 6.5 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma

20 km (13 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · in Edmond, OK

7:02 pm CDT, May 16, 2016 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Edmond Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oklahoma County 10 kmLogan County 31 kmCleveland County 49 kmCanadian County 50 kmLincoln County 51 kmKingfisher County 57 kmPayne County 64 kmPottawatomie County 64 kmMcClain County 69 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
7:02 pm CDT on 16 May 2016 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Edmond, OK · earthquakes near Edmond
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Oklahoma County, 10 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3764 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 51 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. In Edmond, 4 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: Edmond 4 km, intensity III · Oklahoma City 20 km, intensity III · Midwest City 21 km, intensity III · Choctaw 22 km, intensity III · Luther 22 km, intensity III · Bethany 22 km, intensity III · Guthrie 27 km, intensity II · Yukon 33 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. 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 2016-04-07 — about 250 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 35.6396, -97.4362. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oklahoma County, OK 10 km (6 mi) SSE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Logan County, OK 31 km (19 mi) N earthquakes near Logan County
Cleveland County, OK 49 km (31 mi) SSE earthquakes near Cleveland County
Canadian County, OK 50 km (31 mi) WSW earthquakes near Canadian County
Lincoln County, OK 51 km (31 mi) E earthquakes near Lincoln County
Kingfisher County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NW earthquakes near Kingfisher 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.

  1. 2.7 1 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  2. 2.0 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  3. 3.0 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 1 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  5. 2.9 9 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma
  6. 3.0 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  7. 2.9 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  9. 2.7 1 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  11. 2.7 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  12. 1.9 4 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  13. 3.6 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 7 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma
  15. 2.5 4 km NNE of Jones, 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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