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Earthquakes near Marlow, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Marlow in the 24 hours to 3:30 pm CST (21:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 107 km (67 mi) N, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.7

Latest: 7:40 pm CDT on 24 September 2023 · 25 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Marlow was M 3.7, 25 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK, at 7:40 pm CDT on 24 September 2023, 20 km deep. 66 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Marlow was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 71 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Marlow since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 1.3
Last 12 months
23 · largest M 2.3 on 1 May 2026
Since 2016
175 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.7 on 24 September 2023, 25 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
Reported felt
21 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Meers fault, 38 km from its surface trace

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

Oct 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
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. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  2. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  3. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK · felt by 1
  4. 1.8 19 km (12 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  5. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  6. 1.9 20 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  7. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  8. 2.0 20 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK · felt by 1
  9. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  10. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  11. 1.8 22 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  12. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  13. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  14. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  15. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  16. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Marlow, OK
  17. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  18. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  19. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  20. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  21. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  22. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  23. 1.8 28 km (18 mi) E of Marlow, OK
  24. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  25. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  26. 2.5 29 km (18 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  27. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  28. 1.8 20 km (13 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  29. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  30. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) NE of Marlow, OK
  31. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  32. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  33. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  34. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  35. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  36. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  37. 1.8 25 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  38. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK · felt by 1
  39. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  40. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  41. 2.0 26 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  42. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  43. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  44. 2.5 26 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK · felt by 3
  45. 1.5 25 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  46. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  47. 1.5 25 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  48. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK
  49. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, OK · felt by 1
  50. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) SE of Marlow, 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 Marlow time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Marlow are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Marlow

The strongest shaking in Marlow from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.7 on 24 September 2023, 25 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 Marlow (est.)
M 3.7 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 66
M 3.0 25 kmIII · Weak · felt by 3
M 2.9 26 kmIII · Weak · felt by 6
M 2.8 23 kmIII · Weak
M 2.9 27 kmIII · Weak

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 Marlow.

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

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Duncan 16 km · Lindsay 39 km

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.

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