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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Lindsay, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Lindsay in the 24 hours to 12:58 am CST (06:58 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 95 km (59 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lindsay

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Lindsay, OK, at 7:01 pm CDT on 25 July 2017 (00:01 UTC), 4.8 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km NE of Lindsay, Oklahoma

65 km (40 mi) S of Oklahoma City, OK · 44 km (27 mi) SSW of Norman, OK

7:01 pm CDT, Jul 25, 2017 · · 4.8 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N McClain County 17 kmGarvin County 30 kmGrady County 34 kmCleveland County 41 kmStephens County 53 kmMurray County 63 kmPottawatomie County 65 kmCarter County 75 kmOklahoma 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
7:01 pm CDT on 25 July 2017 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) northeast of Lindsay, OK · earthquakes near Lindsay
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
McClain County, 17 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1559 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 Lindsay, 7 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: Lindsay 7 km, intensity III · Blanchard 29 km, intensity II · Norman 39 km, intensity II · Chickasha 39 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 34.8866, -97.5565. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
McClain County, OK 17 km (11 mi) NE earthquakes near McClain County
Garvin County, OK 30 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Garvin County
Grady County, OK 34 km (21 mi) WNW earthquakes near Grady County
Cleveland County, OK 41 km (26 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cleveland County
Stephens County, OK 53 km (33 mi) SSW earthquakes near Stephens County
Murray County, OK 63 km (39 mi) SE earthquakes near Murray County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 3 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma
  2. 2.9 4 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 2 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 2.1 3 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  5. 2.6 9 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  6. 3.4 3 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  7. 2.0 4 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  8. 2.1 3 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  9. 2.2 3 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  10. 2.2 4 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  11. 1.7 4 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma
  12. 2.1 8 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma
  13. 2.3 5 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma
  14. 2.4 2 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma
  15. 2.1 8 km SE of Dibble, 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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