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Earthquake near Oklahoma City, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oklahoma City in the 24 hours to 3:58 pm CST (21:58 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 50 km (31 mi) WNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oklahoma City

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 33 km (20 mi) southwest of Oklahoma City, OK, at 3:42 am CDT on 1 November 2018 (08:42 UTC), 7.6 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 0 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma

33 km (20 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Moore, OK

3:42 am CDT, Nov 1, 2018 · · 7.6 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 27 kmMcClain County 35 kmCleveland County 37 kmCanadian County 41 kmOklahoma County 46 kmCaddo County 59 kmGarvin County 70 kmPottawatomie County 70 kmLogan County 80 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
3:42 am CDT on 1 November 2018 ()
Where
33 km (20 mi) southwest of Oklahoma City, OK · earthquakes near Oklahoma City
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Magnitude
M 2.3 (mb_lg)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Grady County, 27 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2851 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 36 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Oklahoma City, 33 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: Tuttle 10 km, intensity II · Blanchard 12 km, intensity II · Mustang 17 km, intensity II · Minco 21 km, intensity II · Moore 25 km, intensity II · Union City 26 km, intensity II · Norman 27 km, intensity II · Chickasha 27 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 35.2330, -97.7312. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 27 km (17 mi) SSW earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 35 km (22 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 37 km (23 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County
Canadian County, OK 41 km (26 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
Oklahoma County, OK 46 km (29 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County
Caddo County, OK 59 km (37 mi) W earthquakes near Caddo 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. 2.7 0 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma
  2. 2.3 1 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma
  3. 1.9 2 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma
  4. 1.8 3 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma
  5. 2.8 3 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma
  6. 1.8 2 km W of Ninnekah, Oklahoma
  7. 2.8 1 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma
  8. 2.7 4 km S of Cole, Oklahoma
  9. 2.4 8 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma
  10. 1.8 3 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  11. 2.8 4 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 3 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma
  13. 2.0 7 km ENE of Amber, Oklahoma
  14. 2.3 3 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  15. 1.9 2 km N of Cole, 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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