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M 2.7mb_lg
Earthquake near Yukon, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Yukon in the 24 hours to 10:19 pm CST (04:19 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 28 km (17 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 Yukon
This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Yukon, OK, at 5:22 pm CDT on 19 August 2016 (22:22 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 8 km WSW of Yukon, Oklahoma
30 km (19 mi) W of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 5:22 pm CDT on 19 August 2016 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Yukon, OK · earthquakes near Yukon
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Canadian County, 15 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3646 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 56 km (35 mi) from the epicentre. In Yukon, 9 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: Yukon 9 km, intensity III · Union City 12 km, intensity III · El Reno 12 km, intensity III · Mustang 14 km, intensity III · Minco 19 km, intensity III · Tuttle 20 km, intensity III · Bethany 20 km, intensity III · Oklahoma City 30 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 180 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 35.4677, -97.8472. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian County, OK | 15 km (9 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 41 km (25 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Grady County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | S | earthquakes near Grady County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 54 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 56 km (35 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Caddo County, OK | 59 km (37 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Caddo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 11 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.6 4 km N of Union City, Oklahoma
- 2.6 3 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.9 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 3.2 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 3.0 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.0 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.4 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 3.3 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.5 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 3.7 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.6 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 2.4 3 km NNE of Calumet, 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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