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M 4.2mwr
Earthquake near Cushing, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Cushing in the 24 hours to 7:02 pm CST (01:02 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 122 km (76 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cushing
This page: a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) south-southeast of Cushing, OK, at 8:47 am CDT on 14 July 2017 (13:47 UTC), 6.8 km deep. 1,785 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
87 km (54 mi) ENE of Oklahoma City, OK · 46 km (29 mi) SE of Stillwater, OK
- When
- 8:47 am CDT on 14 July 2017 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) south-southeast of Cushing, OK · earthquakes near Cushing
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 4.2 (mwr)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1,785 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 25 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2428 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Cushing, 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. In Cushing, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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: Stroud 12 km, intensity V · Cushing 16 km, intensity IV · Chandler 25 km, intensity IV · Yale 28 km, intensity IV · Perkins 34 km, intensity IV · Prague 41 km, intensity IV · Stillwater 44 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — about 16 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 37 km SSW 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 35.8591, -96.6833. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 25 km (15 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Creek County, OK | 28 km (17 mi) | E | earthquakes near Creek County |
| Payne County, OK | 36 km (22 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Pawnee County, OK | 51 km (31 mi) | N | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 54 km (34 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Okfuskee County |
| Okmulgee County, OK | 69 km (43 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Okmulgee 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.
- 2.7 10 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma
- 2.5 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.6 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.6 7 km W of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.9 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 3.0 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.5 9 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.5 11 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.7 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 3.0 Oklahoma
- 3.3 2 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 2.5 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 3.5 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 3.8 10 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma
- 2.4 3 km WNW of Cushing, 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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