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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Sand Springs, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Sand Springs in the 24 hours to 12:14 pm CST (18:14 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 184 km (114 mi) WSW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS.

M 1.6

Latest: 2:06 pm CST on 9 November 2026 · 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Sand Springs, OK

The most recent earthquake near Sand Springs was M 1.6, 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Sand Springs, OK, at 2:06 pm CST on 9 November 2026. The estimated shaking in Sand Springs was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
2
Last 30 days
7 · since 2016, about one every 1 months
Last 12 months
19 · largest M 1.8 on 28 October 2026
Since 2016
96 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 2.1 on 1 March 2022, 27 km (17 mi) ENE of Sand Springs, OK
Reported felt
14 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

If you felt one

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

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Sand Springs

The strongest shaking in Sand Springs from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 2.1 on 1 March 2022, 27 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 Sand Springs (est.)
M 2.1 27 kmII · Weak
M 2.0 23 kmII · Weak · felt by 1
M 2.0 26 kmII · Weak
M 1.8 19 kmII · Weak
M 1.8 19 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. 2 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 Sand Springs.

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.

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.