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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 2:20 pm CST (20:20 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) east-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK, at 5:24 am CDT on 1 November 2016 (10:24 UTC), 5.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma

47 km (29 mi) ENE of Oklahoma City, OK · 31 km (19 mi) E of Edmond, OK

5:24 am CDT, Nov 1, 2016 · · 5.8 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 17 kmOklahoma County 34 kmLogan County 43 kmPayne County 45 kmPottawatomie County 54 kmCleveland County 58 kmCreek County 67 kmOkfuskee County 71 kmSeminole County 72 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
5:24 am CDT on 1 November 2016 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) east-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
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Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lincoln County, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3579 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 47 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: Luther 12 km, intensity III · Chandler 17 km, intensity II · Choctaw 28 km, intensity II · Perkins 32 km, intensity II · Langston 33 km, intensity II · Edmond 37 km, intensity II · Stroud 38 km, intensity II · Guthrie 39 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 500 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 32 km ESE of this epicentre

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 35.6849, -97.0688. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, OK 17 km (11 mi) E earthquakes near Lincoln County
Oklahoma County, OK 34 km (21 mi) WSW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Logan County, OK 43 km (27 mi) NW earthquakes near Logan County
Payne County, OK 45 km (28 mi) N earthquakes near Payne County
Pottawatomie County, OK 54 km (33 mi) S earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Cleveland County, OK 58 km (36 mi) SSW earthquakes near Cleveland County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 4 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  2. 2.9 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 6 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma
  4. 3.2 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  5. 3.0 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 6 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma
  7. 2.5 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  11. 2.4 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  13. 3.3 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  14. 2.8 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  15. 2.5 6 km ENE of Edmond, 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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