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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Tuttle, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Tuttle in the 24 hours to 1:48 am CST (07:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 41 km (26 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tuttle

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Tuttle, OK, at 11:31 am CDT on 25 May 2017 (16:31 UTC), 7.2 km deep. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma

39 km (24 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 36 km (22 mi) W of Moore, OK

11:31 am CDT, May 25, 2017 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Tuttle Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 28 kmCanadian County 32 kmMcClain County 47 kmCaddo County 48 kmCleveland County 50 kmOklahoma County 52 kmKingfisher County 76 kmGarvin County 80 kmLogan County 81 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
11:31 am CDT on 25 May 2017 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Tuttle, OK · earthquakes near Tuttle
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Grady County, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3381 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 Tuttle, 5 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: Tuttle 5 km, intensity III · Minco 9 km, intensity III · Union City 15 km, intensity III · Mustang 18 km, intensity III · Blanchard 24 km, intensity III · Chickasha 25 km, intensity III · Yukon 28 km, intensity III · El Reno 31 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 35.2678, -97.8648. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 28 km (17 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
Canadian County, OK 32 km (20 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
McClain County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Caddo County, OK 48 km (30 mi) WSW earthquakes near Caddo County
Cleveland County, OK 50 km (31 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County
Oklahoma County, OK 52 km (32 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 2.6 0 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  3. 2.3 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  4. 2.6 0 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  5. 2.0 2 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 0 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 2.9 0 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 2.2 0 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 2.3 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 0 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 13 km W of Union City, Oklahoma
  13. 2.6 3 km E of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 2 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma
  15. 2.7 13 km W of Union City, 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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