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M 4.2ml
Earthquake near Luther, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Luther in the 24 hours to 6:28 am CST (12:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 77 km (48 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Luther
This page: a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded in Luther, OK, at 5:27 pm CDT on 7 April 2016 (22:27 UTC), 6.1 km deep. 197 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
38 km (23 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK · 22 km (13 mi) E of Edmond, OK
- When
- 5:27 pm CDT on 7 April 2016 ()
- Where
- in Luther, OK · earthquakes near Luther
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 4.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 197 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Oklahoma County, 24 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2427 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Luther, OK
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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. 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: Luther in town, intensity V · Choctaw 20 km, intensity IV · Chandler 27 km, intensity IV · Edmond 27 km, intensity IV · Midwest City 31 km, intensity IV · Langston 32 km, intensity IV · Guthrie 33 km, intensity IV · Perkins 37 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 40 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 35.6619, -97.1741. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma County, OK | 24 km (15 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
| Lincoln County, OK | 27 km (17 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Logan County, OK | 38 km (23 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Logan County |
| Payne County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 52 km (33 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 54 km (33 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 2 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
- 2.7 3 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.6 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
- 2.6 5 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.7 5 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma
- 2.9 4 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma
- 2.7 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 3.1 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.7 4 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.8 4 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma
- 2.6 Oklahoma
- 3.0 Oklahoma
- 3.1 4 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma
- 3.2 3 km NNE of Nicoma Park, 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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