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M 3.8ml
Earthquake near Prague, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Prague in the 24 hours to 2:20 pm CST (20:20 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 124 km (77 mi) W, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Prague
This page: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) northwest of Prague, OK, at 6:12 am CST on 2 December 2019 (12:12 UTC), 9.7 km deep. 82 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
69 km (43 mi) E of Oklahoma City, OK · 56 km (35 mi) E of Midwest City, OK
- When
- 6:12 am CST on 2 December 2019 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) northwest of Prague, OK · earthquakes near Prague
- Oklahoma today
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- Magnitude
- M 3.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 82 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 21 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2457 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 385 km (239 mi) from the epicentre. In Prague, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Prague 9 km, intensity IV · Chandler 21 km, intensity IV · Stroud 25 km, intensity IV · Shawnee 28 km, intensity IV · Luther 42 km, intensity III · Choctaw 46 km, intensity III · Cushing 50 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 27,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.8 about 6.4 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 13× more
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2016-04-07 — about 4.7 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.5382, -96.7613. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 21 km (13 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 40 km (25 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Okfuskee County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
| Seminole County, OK | 45 km (28 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Seminole County |
| Creek County, OK | 54 km (33 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Creek County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 59 km (36 mi) | W | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.9 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 2.2 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma
- 1.9 5 km NNE of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 1.5 8 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma
- 2.2 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 2.0 4 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma
- 1.5 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 2.5 11 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 2.0 11 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 1.5 11 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma
- 1.5 11 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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