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M 3.1ml

Earthquake near Fairview, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Fairview in the 24 hours to 5:42 pm CST (23:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 83 km (52 mi) SSE, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fairview

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) west-southwest of Fairview, OK, at 12:41 pm CST on 18 November 2017 (18:41 UTC), 3.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km WSW of Seiling, Oklahoma

12:41 pm CST, Nov 18, 2017 · · 3.8 km deep · released about 1,300 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Fairview Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dewey County 18 kmWoodward County 42 kmMajor County 44 kmCuster County 54 kmBlaine County 57 kmWoods County 67 kmEllis County 70 kmRoger Mills County 84 kmAlfalfa County 88 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
12:41 pm CST on 18 November 2017 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) west-southwest of Fairview, OK · earthquakes near Fairview
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 3.1 (ml)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Dewey County, 18 km SSW
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 128 km (80 mi) from the epicentre. In Fairview, 47 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Mooreland 40 km, intensity III · Fairview 47 km, intensity II · Thomas 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 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× 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 5.1 on 2016-02-13 — about 1,000 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 36.1326, -98.9735. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Dewey County, OK 18 km (11 mi) SSW earthquakes near Dewey County
Woodward County, OK 42 km (26 mi) NW earthquakes near Woodward County
Major County, OK 44 km (27 mi) ENE earthquakes near Major County
Custer County, OK 54 km (34 mi) S earthquakes near Custer County
Blaine County, OK 57 km (35 mi) ESE earthquakes near Blaine County
Woods County, OK 67 km (42 mi) N earthquakes near Woods County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma
  2. 2.8 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  3. 2.6 13 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma
  4. 2.4 12 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma
  5. 2.5 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  6. 2.5 5 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma
  7. 2.7 9 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma
  8. 3.4 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  9. 2.6 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  10. 3.6 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  11. 2.6 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  12. 2.8 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  13. 3.3 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  14. 3.7 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma
  15. 2.5 9 km SW of Waynoka, 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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