© 2026 Public Radio Tulsa
800 South Tucker Drive
Tulsa, OK 74104
(918) 631-2577

A listener-supported service of The University of Tulsa
classical 88.7 | public radio 89.5
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

New Year's Day Quakes Recorded in North-Central Oklahoma

File photo

MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded two small New Year's Day earthquakes in Oklahoma.

The USGS reports a 3.5 magnitude quake was recorded at 8:44 a.m. Thursday at Medford, about 30 miles northeast of Enid. An earlier quake of magnitude 3.1 was recorded at 6:05 a.m. about 26 miles west of Ponca City.

No injuries are reported.

Geologists say damage is not likely in earthquakes below magnitude 4.0.