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Earthquakes near Marietta, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Marietta in the 24 hours to 7:07 pm CDT (00:07 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 129 km (80 mi) NNW, at 4:17 am CDT on 4 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 33 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.5

Latest: 2:43 am CST on 20 December 2021 · 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Marietta was M 2.5, 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK, at 2:43 am CST on 20 December 2021, 12 km deep. 4 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Marietta was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 18 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Marietta since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Marietta in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
2 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
4 · largest M 2.3 on 6 July 2026
Since 2016
53 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.0 on 10 December 2018, 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
Reported felt
11 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Sep 22 Oct 7 Oct 21
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Marietta, OK
  2. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  3. 2.3 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  4. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  5. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  6. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  7. 1.5 17 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  8. 1.8 14 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  9. 1.5 12 km (8 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  10. 2.2 15 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 2
  11. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  12. 2.0 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 1
  13. 1.5 17 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  14. 2.5 11 km (7 mi) E of Marietta, OK · felt by 1
  15. 2.2 14 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  16. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  17. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  18. 2.3 18 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 7
  19. 2.5 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 4
  20. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  21. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  22. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Marietta, OK
  23. 2.4 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  24. 2.0 14 km (8 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  25. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Marietta, OK
  26. 1.6 17 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  27. 1.9 17 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  28. 1.9 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  29. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 2
  30. 1.6 8 km (5 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  31. 1.6 15 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  32. 1.6 15 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  33. 2.2 15 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  34. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 1
  35. 1.7 7 km (5 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  36. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  37. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 1
  38. 1.7 14 km (8 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  39. 1.9 6 km (3 mi) NW of Marietta, OK
  40. 2.5 17 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 1
  41. 1.5 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  42. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  43. 2.5 18 km (11 mi) W of Marietta, OK · felt by 4
  44. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  45. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) W of Marietta, OK
  46. 2.6 27 km (17 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  47. 2.7 23 km (15 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  48. 3.0 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  49. 2.6 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK
  50. 2.5 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Marietta, OK

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Marietta time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Marietta are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Marietta; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Marietta

The strongest shaking in Marietta from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 2.5 on 20 July 2022, 11 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Marietta (est.)
M 2.5 11 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1
M 2.9 28 kmIII · Weak · felt by 2
M 3.0 29 kmIII · Weak
M 2.5 18 kmIII · Weak · felt by 4
M 2.5 17 kmIII · Weak · felt by 4

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Marietta.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearby towns

Ardmore 27 km · Wilson 38 km

Be ready

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