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Earthquakes near Oologah, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Oologah in the 24 hours to 10:44 am CST (16:44 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 230 km (143 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.8

Latest: 11:58 am CDT on 23 March 2024 · 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Oologah, OK

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Oologah was M 2.8, 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Oologah, OK, at 11:58 am CDT on 23 March 2024, 5 km deep. 28 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Oologah was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 15 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Oologah since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
2
Last 30 days
6 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
9 · largest M 1.8 on 28 October 2026
Since 2016
83 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 2.8 on 23 March 2024, 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Oologah, 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

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. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  2. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  3. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  4. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  5. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  6. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  7. 1.6 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  8. 1.5 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  9. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  10. 1.6 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  11. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  12. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  13. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  14. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 1
  15. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  16. 2.8 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Oologah, OK · felt by 28
  17. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  18. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  19. 1.8 28 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  20. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 1
  21. 1.7 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  22. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  23. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  24. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  25. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  26. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  27. 1.6 28 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  28. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  29. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  30. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  31. 1.7 30 km (19 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 1
  32. 1.6 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 1
  33. 1.6 28 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  34. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  35. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  36. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  37. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 1
  38. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  39. 1.9 23 km (14 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  40. 1.5 28 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  41. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) S of Oologah, OK
  42. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  43. 1.5 17 km (11 mi) S of Oologah, OK
  44. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK · felt by 2
  45. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  46. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  47. 1.6 25 km (16 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  48. 1.7 30 km (19 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  49. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Oologah, OK
  50. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Oologah, 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 Oologah time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Oologah are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Oologah

The strongest shaking in Oologah from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 2.7 on 14 January 2016, 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 Oologah (est.)
M 2.7 11 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1
M 2.8 24 kmIII · Weak · felt by 28
M 2.1 25 kmII · Weak
M 1.9 21 kmII · Weak
M 1.9 25 kmII · 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. 3 of these 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 Oologah.

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

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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