Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2ml
Oklahoma
Yes. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma, 91 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK, at 1:30 pm CDT on 18 September 2016 (18:30 UTC), 6.9 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
91 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 35 km (22 mi) ESE of Enid, OK
- When
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Garfield County, 27 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3621 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 190 km (118 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 20 km, intensity III · Enid 35 km, intensity III · Crescent 37 km, intensity III · Hennessey 40 km, intensity III · Langston 44 km, intensity III · Stillwater 45 km, intensity III · Guthrie 45 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more
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 32 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 36.2810, -97.5116. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield County, OK | 27 km (17 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Noble County, OK | 27 km (17 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Logan County, OK | 41 km (26 mi) | S | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Payne County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Grant County, OK | 62 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
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 Oklahoma
- 2.9 4 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
- 2.5 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma
- 3.3 14 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma
- 3.0 9 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 3.4 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 3.3 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 2.0 5 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.2 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.5 1 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma
- 3.0 2 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 3.4 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
- 3.3 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
- 3.4 3 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 2.7 6 km NE of Billings, 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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