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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 4:51 pm CST (22:51 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) east of Enid, OK, at 6:02 am CST on 26 January 2017 (12:02 UTC), 6.1 km deep. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma

15 km (9 mi) E of Enid, OK · 104 km (64 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK

6:02 am CST, Jan 26, 2017 · · 6.1 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garfield County 8 kmNoble County 42 kmGrant County 45 kmKingfisher County 53 kmLogan County 57 kmAlfalfa County 67 kmKay County 69 kmPayne County 74 kmMajor County 76 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
6:02 am CST on 26 January 2017 ()
Where
16 km (10 mi) east of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
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Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Garfield County, 8 km W
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 190 km (118 mi) from the epicentre. In Enid, 16 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: Enid 16 km, intensity III · Hennessey 36 km, intensity III · Perry 39 km, intensity III · Crescent 49 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.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. 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 36.3863, -97.7010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Garfield County, OK 8 km (5 mi) W earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 42 km (26 mi) E earthquakes near Noble County
Grant County, OK 45 km (28 mi) N earthquakes near Grant County
Kingfisher County, OK 53 km (33 mi) SSW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Logan County, OK 57 km (35 mi) SSE earthquakes near Logan County
Alfalfa County, OK 67 km (42 mi) NW earthquakes near Alfalfa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 0 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma
  2. 2.7 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  3. 4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 3 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  5. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  6. 2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  8. 2.9 4 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma
  9. 3.8 4 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.5 3 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  12. 3.0 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  13. 3.1 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  14. 3.6 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  15. 3.6 7 km ENE of Hennessey, 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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