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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Prague, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Prague in the 24 hours to 5:09 pm CST (23:09 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Prague, OK, at 1:41 pm CDT on 19 March 2024 (18:41 UTC), 4.8 km deep.
USGS: 8 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma
72 km (45 mi) E of Oklahoma City, OK · 59 km (37 mi) E of Midwest City, OK
- When
- 1:41 pm CDT on 19 March 2024 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Prague, OK · earthquakes near Prague
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 21 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 722 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Prague, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Meeker, Chandler, Stroud, Boley.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 lb of TNT
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 5.1 on 2024-02-03 — about 130,000 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 · 4 km SW 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 35.5575, -96.7295. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OK | 21 km (13 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Okfuskee County, OK | 38 km (23 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Okfuskee County |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | 44 km (27 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pottawatomie County |
| Seminole County, OK | 46 km (28 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Seminole County |
| Creek County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Creek County |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 62 km (38 mi) | W | earthquakes near Oklahoma County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma
- 2.6 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.7 9 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 3.3 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.9 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.7 3 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma
- 1.9 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.7 4 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
- 1.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
- 1.6 8 km N of Kendrick, Oklahoma
- 1.8 4 km ESE of Dale, Oklahoma
- 1.8 8 km NW of Prague, 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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