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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Nicoma Park, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Nicoma Park in the 24 hours to 10:10 am CST (16:10 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 66 km (41 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Nicoma Park

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded in Nicoma Park, OK, at 2:46 am CST on 7 November 2016 (08:46 UTC), 6.5 km deep. 31 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km ENE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma

19 km (12 mi) E of Oklahoma City, OK · 7 km (5 mi) NE of Midwest City, OK

2:46 am CST, Nov 7, 2016 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oklahoma County 11 kmCleveland County 32 kmLincoln County 45 kmPottawatomie County 45 kmLogan County 48 kmMcClain County 55 kmCanadian County 61 kmPayne County 71 kmSeminole County 74 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
2:46 am CST on 7 November 2016 ()
Where
in Nicoma Park, OK · earthquakes near Nicoma Park
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
31 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Oklahoma County, 11 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2428 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. 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: Choctaw 4 km, intensity III · Midwest City 10 km, intensity III · Oklahoma City 19 km, intensity III · Luther 21 km, intensity III · Edmond 23 km, intensity III · Moore 24 km, intensity III · Bethany 29 km, intensity III · Norman 33 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 49 km E 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 35.4968, -97.3076. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oklahoma County, OK 11 km (7 mi) NW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Cleveland County, OK 32 km (20 mi) S earthquakes near Cleveland County
Lincoln County, OK 45 km (28 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Pottawatomie County, OK 45 km (28 mi) SE earthquakes near Pottawatomie County
Logan County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NNW earthquakes near Logan County
McClain County, OK 55 km (34 mi) SSW earthquakes near McClain County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 3 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  3. 2.2 6 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  5. 1.9 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  6. 1.7 3 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  7. 2.9 7 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  8. 2.8 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 6 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma
  10. 3.0 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  11. 2.5 7 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 6 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  13. 2.5 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  14. 2.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  15. 2.7 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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