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M 3.1ml

Earthquake near Perry, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Perry in the 24 hours to 10:07 am CST (16:07 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 102 km (63 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Perry

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Perry, OK, at 9:51 pm CST on 24 January 2017 (03:51 UTC), 8.0 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma

90 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 32 km (20 mi) WNW of Stillwater, OK

9:51 pm CST, Jan 24, 2017 · · 8.0 km deep · released about 1,300 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Noble County 18 kmGarfield County 38 kmLogan County 40 kmPayne County 42 kmKingfisher County 61 kmPawnee County 61 kmKay County 64 kmGrant County 68 kmLincoln County 78 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
9:51 pm CST on 24 January 2017 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Perry, OK · earthquakes near Perry
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Magnitude
M 3.1 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Noble County, 18 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3493 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 128 km (80 mi) from the epicentre. In Perry, 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: Perry 9 km, intensity III · Stillwater 34 km, intensity III · Langston 38 km, intensity III · Crescent 40 km, intensity III · Guthrie 44 km, intensity III · Perkins 45 km, intensity II · Enid 47 km, intensity II · Hennessey 50 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× 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 5.8 on 2016-09-03 — about 11,000 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 36.2710, -97.3808. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Noble County, OK 18 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near Noble County
Garfield County, OK 38 km (24 mi) WNW earthquakes near Garfield County
Logan County, OK 40 km (25 mi) S earthquakes near Logan County
Payne County, OK 42 km (26 mi) ESE earthquakes near Payne County
Kingfisher County, OK 61 km (38 mi) SW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Pawnee County, OK 61 km (38 mi) E earthquakes near Pawnee 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. 2.6 5 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  3. 2.8 10 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
  4. 2.7 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
  5. 2.5 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  6. 3.5 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  7. 2.7 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 14 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma
  9. 2.9 16 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma
  10. 2.9 14 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
  11. 2.2 6 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  12. 2.9 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 3 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  14. 2.9 7 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  15. 3.0 13 km NW of Pawnee, 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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