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Earthquake near Chickasha, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Chickasha in the 24 hours to 5:16 am CST (11:16 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 63 km (39 mi) N, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Chickasha

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) northeast of Chickasha, OK, at 8:28 pm CST on 10 February 2019 (02:28 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5 km S of Amber, Oklahoma

51 km (32 mi) SW of Oklahoma City, OK · 44 km (27 mi) WSW of Moore, OK

8:28 pm CST, Feb 10, 2019 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grady County 10 kmMcClain County 40 kmCaddo County 47 kmCanadian County 49 kmCleveland County 51 kmOklahoma County 65 kmGarvin County 68 kmStephens County 70 kmComanche County 74 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
8:28 pm CST on 10 February 2019 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) northeast of Chickasha, OK · earthquakes near Chickasha
Oklahoma today
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Magnitude
M 2.5 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Grady County, 10 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2758 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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Chickasha, 8 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: Chickasha 8 km, intensity III · Blanchard 20 km, intensity II · Tuttle 21 km, intensity II · Minco 23 km, intensity II · Union City 32 km, intensity II · Mustang 33 km, intensity II · Lindsay 39 km, intensity II · Norman 41 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. 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 35.1097, -97.8743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Grady County, OK 10 km (6 mi) S earthquakes near Grady County
McClain County, OK 40 km (25 mi) ESE earthquakes near McClain County
Caddo County, OK 47 km (29 mi) W earthquakes near Caddo County
Canadian County, OK 49 km (31 mi) N earthquakes near Canadian County
Cleveland County, OK 51 km (32 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cleveland County
Oklahoma County, OK 65 km (40 mi) NE earthquakes near Oklahoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 6 km W of Wayne, Oklahoma
  2. 1.6 2 km S of Blanchard, Oklahoma
  3. 1.7 10 km W of Dibble, Oklahoma
  4. 2.5 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  5. 2.2 6 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  6. 2.1 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  7. 2.6 2 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  8. 2.5 2 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  9. 2.0 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  10. 1.6 1 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  11. 2.1 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 1 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  13. 2.0 1 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  14. 1.8 0 km SSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
  15. 2.0 2 km WNW of Bridge Creek, 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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