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Earthquakes in Oklahoma

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Oklahoma was M 3.4, 6 km E of Calumet, Oklahoma, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, 6 km deep. 23 people reported feeling it to USGS. 4 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Oklahoma since.

In the last 24 hours, 1 earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Oklahoma: M 1.6, 3 km WNW of Chickasha, Oklahoma, at 12:53 pm CST.

Last 24 hours
1
Last 7 days
17
Last 30 days
44 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 103
Last 12 months
729 · largest M 3.6 on 15 February 2026
Since 2016
13,616 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 5.8 on 3 September 2016, 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Oklahoma, where USGS names the state in the location

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15 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Oklahoma. Normal for here is 12 to 31 in a week.

Compared against Oklahoma's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.9–M2.7), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Largest on record in and around Oklahoma

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
M 5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
M 5.1 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
M 5.0 38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas
M 5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
M 4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma
M 4.6 8 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma
M 4.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Oklahoma, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Oklahoma since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists one earthquake of M5 or more in and just off Oklahoma:

  1. 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The most active counties in Oklahoma

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Garfield County 2,315 Elevated (94)
Kingfisher County 1,978 Elevated (94)
Major County 1,912 Unusual (96)
Canadian County 1,745 Unusual (99)
Grady County 1,347 Quiet (0)
Garvin County 1,344 Typical (62)
Blaine County 1,309 Unusual (98)
Alfalfa County 1,289 Unusual (97)
McClain County 895 Quiet (0)
Cleveland County 751 Quiet (0)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Oklahoma with the most earthquakes named after them

Enid 838 M2.5+ named after it · Alva 601 M2.5+ named after it · Stillwater 306 M2.5+ named after it · Edmond 252 M2.5+ named after it · Woodward 235 M2.5+ named after it · Oklahoma City 194 M2.5+ named after it · Pawnee 131 M2.5+ named after it · Cushing 131 M2.5+ named after it · Blackwell 121 M2.5+ named after it · Cherokee 120 M2.5+ named after it · Ponca City 82 M2.5+ named after it · Quinton 72 M2.5+ named after it · Fairview 71 M2.5+ named after it · Perry 69 M2.5+ named after it · Hennessey 63 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Oklahoma

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.