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M 4.2mwr
Earthquake near Crescent, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Crescent in the 24 hours to 4:31 am CST (10:31 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 56 km (34 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crescent
This page: a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Crescent, OK, at 11:53 pm CDT on 28 March 2016 (04:53 UTC), 5.2 km deep. 726 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma
58 km (36 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 38 km (24 mi) NNW of Edmond, OK
- When
- 11:53 pm CDT on 28 March 2016 ()
- Where
- 4 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Crescent, OK · earthquakes near Crescent
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 4.2 (mwr)
- Depth
- 5.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 726 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Logan County, 14 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2269 days ago
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This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 521 km (324 mi) from the epicentre. In Crescent, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity V (moderate). 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: Crescent 4 km, intensity V · Guthrie 18 km, intensity IV · Langston 29 km, intensity IV · Hennessey 32 km, intensity IV · Kingfisher 35 km, intensity IV · Edmond 39 km, intensity IV · Perry 42 km, intensity IV · Okarche 46 km, intensity IV. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 30 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.2 about 30 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 63× 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
Tied for the largest within 50 km (31 mi) since 2016, with M 4.2 on 2016-01-01.
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 35.9900, -97.5773. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County, OK | 14 km (9 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Kingfisher County, OK | 32 km (20 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kingfisher County |
| Garfield County, OK | 47 km (29 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 51 km (32 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Noble County, OK | 54 km (33 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Payne County, OK | 55 km (34 mi) | E | earthquakes near Payne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
37 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 3.6 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.8 Oklahoma
- 2.9 10 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma
- 3.4 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 2.5 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
- 2.8 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
- 2.1 1 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
- 2.5 10 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 1.9 7 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 2.6 8 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma
- 2.6 2 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma
- 2.1 7 km S of Perry, Oklahoma
- 2.6 9 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.8 9 km SSW of Marshall, 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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