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Earthquake near Shawnee, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Shawnee in the 24 hours to 10:08 am CST (16:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 106 km (66 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 Shawnee
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) north of Shawnee, OK, at 6:04 am CST on 5 March 2017 (12:04 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 6 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma
59 km (36 mi) ENE of Oklahoma City, OK · 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Midwest City, OK
- When
- 6:04 am CST on 5 March 2017 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) north of Shawnee, OK · earthquakes near Shawnee
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 12 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3452 days ago
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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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Shawnee, 30 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: Chandler 12 km, intensity III · Prague 22 km, intensity II · Stroud 27 km, intensity II · Luther 29 km, intensity II · Shawnee 30 km, intensity II · Choctaw 36 km, intensity II · Perkins 44 km, intensity II · Cushing 45 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- 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 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 13 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 35.5938, -96.8855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 12 km (8 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 43 km (27 mi) | S | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 48 km (30 mi) | W | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 52 km (33 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Okfuskee County |
| Payne County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Seminole County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Seminole 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.
- 2.5 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.5 2 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.5 9 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma
- 2.5 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.8 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.7 Oklahoma
- 2.6 4 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 3.1 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.6 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.5 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 2.1 2 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 3.0 Oklahoma
- 2.3 5 km WNW of Arcadia, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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