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M 2.5ml

Earthquake near Guthrie, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Guthrie in the 24 hours to 10:48 am CST (16:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Guthrie

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) south of Guthrie, OK, at 8:07 pm CST on 3 March 2017 (02:07 UTC), 7.7 km deep.

USGS: 7 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma

15 km (9 mi) N of Edmond, OK · 39 km (24 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK

8:07 pm CST, Mar 3, 2017 · · 7.7 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 12 kmOklahoma County 28 kmKingfisher County 49 kmLincoln County 50 kmPayne County 50 kmCanadian County 58 kmNoble County 66 kmCleveland County 67 kmGarfield 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
8:07 pm CST on 3 March 2017 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) south of Guthrie, OK · earthquakes near Guthrie
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Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 12 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3459 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 45 km (28 mi) from the epicentre. In Guthrie, 8 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: Guthrie 8 km, intensity III · Edmond 18 km, intensity III · Langston 21 km, intensity II · Crescent 22 km, intensity II · Luther 26 km, intensity II · Choctaw 37 km, intensity II · Bethany 37 km, intensity II · Oklahoma City 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 350 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 35.8070, -97.4214. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 12 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 28 km (17 mi) S earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Kingfisher County, OK 49 km (30 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Lincoln County, OK 50 km (31 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Payne County, OK 50 km (31 mi) NE earthquakes near Payne County
Canadian County, OK 58 km (36 mi) WSW earthquakes near Canadian County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  2. 2.8 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 4 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  4. 3.0 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
  5. 3.1 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 9 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  8. 2.3 5 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  9. 3.3 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
  10. 2.3 3 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  11. 2.9 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
  12. 3.0 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 3 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  14. 2.8 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
  15. 3.0 7 km SSE of Lucien, 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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