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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near Guthrie, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Guthrie in the 24 hours to 5:34 am CST (11:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 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 Guthrie

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Guthrie, OK, at 6:28 pm CST on 11 November 2017 (00:28 UTC), 5.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma

50 km (31 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK · 25 km (16 mi) NNE of Edmond, OK

6:28 pm CST, Nov 11, 2017 · · 5.1 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Logan County 10 kmOklahoma County 38 kmPayne County 39 kmLincoln County 47 kmKingfisher County 53 kmNoble County 55 kmGarfield County 67 kmCanadian County 69 kmPawnee County 74 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
6:28 pm CST on 11 November 2017 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) east-northeast of Guthrie, OK · earthquakes near Guthrie
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Logan County, 10 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3201 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 56 km (35 mi) from the epicentre. In Guthrie, 8 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: Guthrie 8 km, intensity III · Langston 10 km, intensity III · Crescent 23 km, intensity III · Luther 29 km, intensity II · Perkins 29 km, intensity II · Edmond 30 km, intensity II · Stillwater 35 km, intensity II · Perry 44 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 5.0 on 2016-11-07 — about 2,800 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 35.8956, -97.3443. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Logan County, OK 10 km (6 mi) WNW earthquakes near Logan County
Oklahoma County, OK 38 km (24 mi) S earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Payne County, OK 39 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Payne County
Lincoln County, OK 47 km (29 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Kingfisher County, OK 53 km (33 mi) W earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Noble County, OK 55 km (34 mi) N earthquakes near Noble County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  2. 2.4 6 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  3. 2.8 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  4. 2.9 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  5. 2.6 8 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  7. 2.5 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  8. 2.6 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  9. 2.7 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  11. 3.8 4 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma
  12. 2.2 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
  13. 2.5 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma
  14. 3.1 6 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma
  15. 3.5 6 km SSW of Langston, 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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