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M 3.5ml

Earthquake near Edmond, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Edmond in the 24 hours to 4:54 pm CST (22:54 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 51 km (32 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Edmond

This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) east-northeast of Edmond, OK, at 1:53 pm CDT on 17 September 2017 (18:53 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma

60 km (37 mi) NE of Oklahoma City, OK · 39 km (24 mi) SSE of Stillwater, OK

1:53 pm CDT, Sep 17, 2017 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 2.7 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 14 kmPayne County 32 kmLogan County 44 kmOklahoma County 47 kmCreek County 56 kmPawnee County 63 kmPottawatomie County 65 kmOkfuskee County 70 kmNoble County 70 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
1:53 pm CDT on 17 September 2017 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) east-northeast of Edmond, OK · earthquakes near Edmond
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 3.5 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Lincoln County, 14 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3250 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 306 km (190 mi) from the epicentre. In Edmond, 47 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: Chandler 14 km, intensity IV · Perkins 21 km, intensity III · Luther 24 km, intensity III · Cushing 29 km, intensity III · Langston 30 km, intensity III · Stroud 30 km, intensity III · Stillwater 37 km, intensity III · Guthrie 41 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.7 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.6× 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 180 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 35 km SE 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 35.7926, -96.9842. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, OK 14 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Payne County, OK 32 km (20 mi) N earthquakes near Payne County
Logan County, OK 44 km (27 mi) WNW earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 47 km (29 mi) SW earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Creek County, OK 56 km (35 mi) ENE earthquakes near Creek County
Pawnee County, OK 63 km (39 mi) NNE earthquakes near Pawnee County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 3 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma
  2. 2.2 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  4. 3.1 6 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma
  5. 3.5 6 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma
  6. 2.6 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  7. 2.7 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  8. 3.0 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  9. 2.5 8 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma
  10. 3.0 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  11. 3.0 5 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
  12. 2.5 Oklahoma
  13. 2.9 3 km E of Luther, Oklahoma
  14. 2.5 6 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma
  15. 2.7 5 km W of Arcadia, 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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