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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 10:49 am CST (16:49 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 3.0 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK, at 11:58 pm CDT on 4 July 2016 (04:58 UTC), 6.5 km deep.

USGS: 1 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma

50 km (31 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 26 km (16 mi) NE of Edmond, OK

11:58 pm CDT, Jul 4, 2016 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 21 kmPayne County 34 kmLincoln County 36 kmOklahoma County 37 kmNoble County 59 kmKingfisher County 64 kmPawnee County 70 kmCleveland County 72 kmPottawatomie County 75 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
11:58 pm CDT on 4 July 2016 ()
Where
50 km (31 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
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Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 21 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3722 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 Oklahoma City, 50 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: Langston 11 km, intensity III · Guthrie 18 km, intensity III · Luther 21 km, intensity III · Perkins 23 km, intensity III · Edmond 31 km, intensity III · Stillwater 33 km, intensity III · Crescent 34 km, intensity III · Chandler 36 km, intensity III. 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 4.2 on 2016-04-07 — about 63 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 35.8510, -97.2330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 21 km (13 mi) WNW earthquakes near Logan County
Payne County, OK 34 km (21 mi) NE earthquakes near Payne County
Lincoln County, OK 36 km (22 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Oklahoma County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SSW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Noble County, OK 59 km (37 mi) N earthquakes near Noble County
Kingfisher County, OK 64 km (40 mi) W earthquakes near Kingfisher County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 1 km NE of Cushing, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 4 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 Oklahoma
  4. 3.0 3 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  5. 2.5 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 7 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  8. 2.4 8 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 3 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  10. 2.9 9 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  11. 2.5 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 0 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma
  13. 2.5 4 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 8 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma
  15. 3.2 10 km NE 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

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