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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 4:56 pm CST (22:56 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 48 km (30 mi) north of Oklahoma City, OK, at 7:32 pm CDT on 19 July 2016 (00:32 UTC), 5.5 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 0 km ENE of Cimarron City, Oklahoma

48 km (30 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Edmond, OK

7:32 pm CDT, Jul 19, 2016 · · 5.5 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 13 kmKingfisher County 32 kmOklahoma County 41 kmCanadian County 52 kmGarfield County 57 kmPayne County 59 kmNoble County 63 kmLincoln County 67 kmBlaine County 75 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
7:32 pm CDT on 19 July 2016 ()
Where
48 km (30 mi) north of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
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Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Logan County, 13 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1562 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, 48 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: Crescent 7 km, intensity III · Guthrie 15 km, intensity III · Edmond 28 km, intensity II · Langston 31 km, intensity II · Kingfisher 31 km, intensity II · Hennessey 37 km, intensity II · Okarche 39 km, intensity II · Bethany 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 2016-04-07 — 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 35.8913, -97.5913. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 13 km (8 mi) ENE earthquakes near Logan County
Kingfisher County, OK 32 km (20 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Oklahoma County, OK 41 km (25 mi) SSE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Canadian County, OK 52 km (32 mi) SW earthquakes near Canadian County
Garfield County, OK 57 km (35 mi) NNW earthquakes near Garfield County
Payne County, OK 59 km (37 mi) ENE earthquakes near Payne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 10 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma
  2. 2.5 5 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  4. 2.5 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  5. 2.7 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  6. 2.7 11 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma
  7. 2.5 1 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 1 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma
  9. 2.9 4 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma
  10. 3.3 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  11. 2.9 10 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 10 km ENE of Bison, Oklahoma
  13. 3.5 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  14. 3.6 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  15. 3.2 8 km NE 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

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