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Earthquake near Tuttle, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Tuttle in the 24 hours to 3:57 pm CST (21:57 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 41 km (26 mi) NNW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tuttle

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Tuttle, OK, at 11:48 pm CST on 24 January 2019 (05:48 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km WSW of Tuttle, Oklahoma

41 km (25 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 38 km (23 mi) W of Moore, OK

11:48 pm CST, Jan 24, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Tuttle Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 27 kmCanadian County 33 kmCaddo County 46 kmMcClain County 48 kmCleveland County 51 kmOklahoma County 54 kmKingfisher County 77 kmGarvin County 80 kmLogan County 82 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
11:48 pm CST on 24 January 2019 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Tuttle, OK · earthquakes near Tuttle
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.3 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Grady County, 27 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2770 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 37 km (23 mi) from the epicentre. In Tuttle, 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: Tuttle 7 km, intensity III · Minco 8 km, intensity III · Union City 15 km, intensity II · Mustang 20 km, intensity II · Chickasha 24 km, intensity II · Blanchard 25 km, intensity II · Yukon 29 km, intensity II · El Reno 31 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 35.2619, -97.8830. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 27 km (17 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
Canadian County, OK 33 km (20 mi) NNW earthquakes near Canadian County
Caddo County, OK 46 km (29 mi) WSW earthquakes near Caddo County
McClain County, OK 48 km (30 mi) SE earthquakes near McClain County
Cleveland County, OK 51 km (32 mi) E earthquakes near Cleveland County
Oklahoma County, OK 54 km (33 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  2. 2.6 2 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  3. 2.5 2 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  4. 2.0 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 1.8 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 2.0 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 1.8 0 km SSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 2.0 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 2.1 0 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 2.3 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 2.1 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 2.2 8 km WNW of Dibble, Oklahoma
  15. 2.0 10 km WNW of Dibble, 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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