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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near Enid, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Enid in the 24 hours to 5:41 pm CST (23:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 89 km (55 mi) S, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Enid

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) south of Enid, OK, at 4:25 pm CST on 9 December 2017 (22:25 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma

72 km (45 mi) NNW of Oklahoma City, OK · 42 km (26 mi) S of Enid, OK

4:25 pm CST, Dec 9, 2017 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Enid Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingfisher County 9 kmGarfield County 40 kmLogan County 43 kmBlaine County 50 kmCanadian County 55 kmMajor County 65 kmOklahoma County 70 kmNoble County 72 kmPayne County 84 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
4:25 pm CST on 9 December 2017 ()
Where
41 km (25 mi) south of Enid, OK · earthquakes near Enid
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Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Kingfisher County, 9 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3179 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 Enid, 41 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: Hennessey 9 km, intensity III · Kingfisher 19 km, intensity III · Crescent 29 km, intensity II · Okarche 35 km, intensity II · Okeene 38 km, intensity II · Enid 41 km, intensity II · Guthrie 47 km, intensity II · Watonga 50 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 4.2 on 2016-03-29 — about 180 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 36.0313, -97.9078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kingfisher County, OK 9 km (6 mi) SSW earthquakes near Kingfisher County
Garfield County, OK 40 km (25 mi) NNE earthquakes near Garfield County
Logan County, OK 43 km (27 mi) ESE earthquakes near Logan County
Blaine County, OK 50 km (31 mi) WSW earthquakes near Blaine County
Canadian County, OK 55 km (34 mi) S earthquakes near Canadian County
Major County, OK 65 km (40 mi) WNW earthquakes near Major 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. 3.5 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  2. 2.7 6 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma
  3. 2.7 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  4. 2.9 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  5. 2.4 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  6. 3.0 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  7. 3.0 6 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma
  8. 2.3 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  9. 3.2 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  10. 2.7 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  11. 2.4 3 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma
  12. 2.6 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  13. 2.3 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  14. 3.2 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma
  15. 3.7 5 km N of Dover, 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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