Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5mb_lg
Earthquake near Blanchard, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Blanchard in the 24 hours to 4:03 am CST (10:03 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Blanchard
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) south-southwest of Blanchard, OK, at 9:49 pm CST on 5 January 2019 (03:49 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km SSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma
46 km (28 mi) SSW of Oklahoma City, OK · 34 km (21 mi) SW of Moore, OK
- When
- 9:49 pm CST on 5 January 2019 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) south-southwest of Blanchard, OK · earthquakes near Blanchard
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
- Nearest
- Grady County, 20 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2806 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Blanchard, OK
Get a notification in this browser when USGS records an earthquake near Blanchard, OK. No account or email needed.
Alerts are on for .
Not a warning. An alert comes after USGS publishes a quake, usually minutes after the shaking. For early warning use ShakeAlert, through your phone's Wireless Emergency Alerts or the MyShake app.
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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Blanchard, 7 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: Blanchard 7 km, intensity III · Chickasha 23 km, intensity II · Tuttle 26 km, intensity II · Norman 27 km, intensity II · Lindsay 28 km, intensity II · Moore 34 km, intensity II · Mustang 34 km, intensity II · Minco 35 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 35.0799, -97.6848. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grady County, OK | 20 km (12 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Grady County |
| McClain County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near McClain County |
| Cleveland County, OK | 36 km (22 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Cleveland County |
| Garvin County, OK | 53 km (33 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Garvin County |
| Canadian County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Canadian County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 58 km (36 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.3 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.1 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.2 8 km WNW of Dibble, Oklahoma
- 2.0 10 km WNW of Dibble, Oklahoma
- 1.9 1 km W of Tuttle, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.0 5 km NE of Tuttle, Oklahoma
- 2.1 3 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
- 2.0 3 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
- 2.4 6 km ESE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma
- 2.2 1 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma
- 2.4 5 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma
- 2.5 2 km N of Union City, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.