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M 2.9ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 3:35 pm CST (21:35 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid

This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 31 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Enid, OK, at 11:32 pm CDT on 26 March 2017 (04:32 UTC), 7.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma

90 km (56 mi) N of Oklahoma City, OK · 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Enid, OK

11:32 pm CDT, Mar 26, 2017 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Garfield County 23 kmNoble County 31 kmLogan County 41 kmKingfisher County 50 kmPayne County 57 kmGrant County 60 kmKay County 70 kmPawnee County 77 kmOklahoma 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
11:32 pm CDT on 26 March 2017 ()
Where
31 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Garfield County, 23 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3435 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 67 km (42 mi) from the epicentre. In Enid, 31 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: Perry 24 km, intensity III · Enid 31 km, intensity III · Hennessey 36 km, intensity II · Crescent 36 km, intensity II · Guthrie 46 km, intensity II · Langston 46 km, intensity II · Stillwater 48 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 2016-03-29 — about 89 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 36.2769, -97.5599. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Garfield County, OK 23 km (15 mi) WNW earthquakes near Garfield County
Noble County, OK 31 km (19 mi) ENE earthquakes near Noble County
Logan County, OK 41 km (26 mi) SSE earthquakes near Logan County
Kingfisher County, OK 50 km (31 mi) SW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Payne County, OK 57 km (35 mi) ESE earthquakes near Payne County
Grant County, OK 60 km (38 mi) NNW earthquakes near Grant County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  2. 2.9 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  3. 3.8 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  4. 2.5 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  5. 3.7 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
  6. 2.9 5 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  7. 2.0 4 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  8. 2.5 9 km E of Perry, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
  10. 2.3 10 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma
  11. 2.0 3 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 10 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
  13. 2.3 6 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma
  14. 3.4 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma
  15. 3.2 5 km NE of Hunter, 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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