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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 3:28 pm CST (21:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK, at 5:02 pm CDT on 22 March 2016 (22:02 UTC), 6.3 km deep.

USGS: 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma

49 km (31 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Edmond, OK

5:02 pm CDT, Mar 22, 2016 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Oklahoma City Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 13 kmOklahoma County 37 kmPayne County 38 kmLincoln County 43 kmKingfisher County 57 kmNoble County 57 kmGarfield County 70 kmCanadian County 71 kmPawnee County 73 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
5:02 pm CDT on 22 March 2016 ()
Where
49 km (31 mi) north-northeast of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Logan County, 13 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3807 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 51 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 49 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: Langston 9 km, intensity III · Guthrie 10 km, intensity III · Luther 26 km, intensity II · Crescent 27 km, intensity II · Perkins 27 km, intensity II · Edmond 29 km, intensity II · Stillwater 35 km, intensity II · Choctaw 42 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 2016-01-01 — about 250 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 35.8766, -97.3094. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 13 km (8 mi) WNW earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SSW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Payne County, OK 38 km (23 mi) NE earthquakes near Payne County
Lincoln County, OK 43 km (27 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Kingfisher County, OK 57 km (35 mi) W earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Noble County, OK 57 km (35 mi) N earthquakes near Noble 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 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  2. 2.1 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 9 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  4. 2.8 9 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma
  5. 3.5 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  6. 2.8 8 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 2 km NE of Luther, Oklahoma
  9. 2.6 2 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma
  10. 3.1 7 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma
  11. 3.0 5 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma
  12. 2.0 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  13. 2.8 1 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma
  14. 2.8 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  15. 3.1 2 km E of Luther, 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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