Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
Oklahoma
Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma, 89 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK, at 7:58 pm CDT on 18 May 2016 (00:58 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
89 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Enid, OK
- When
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Garfield County, 23 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3764 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. 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: Perry 26 km, intensity II · Enid 31 km, intensity II · Hennessey 34 km, intensity II · Crescent 35 km, intensity II · Guthrie 45 km, intensity II · Langston 46 km, intensity II · Stillwater 49 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 2016-03-29 — 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 36.2698, -97.5722. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Noble County, OK | 33 km (20 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Logan County, OK | 41 km (25 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 48 km (30 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Payne County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Grant County, OK | 61 km (38 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Grant County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 7 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 3.0 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
- 3.1 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.9 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
- 3.0 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.4 7 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 2.0 8 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.5 7 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 3.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 3.3 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma
- 2.7 7 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
- 2.9 Oklahoma
- 2.7 2 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 2.5 5 km ENE of Crescent, 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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