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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Muskogee, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Muskogee in the 24 hours to 9:24 am CST (15:24 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 242 km (150 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 Muskogee

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Muskogee, OK, at 4:34 pm CDT on 30 May 2026 (21:34 UTC), 19 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 6 km W of Summit, Oklahoma

63 km (39 mi) SE of Tulsa, OK · 48 km (30 mi) SSE of Broken Arrow, OK

4:34 pm CDT, May 30, 2026 · · 19 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Muskogee County 12 kmWagoner County 33 kmMcIntosh County 37 kmOkmulgee County 42 kmCherokee County 52 kmHaskell County 60 kmTulsa County 64 kmSequoyah County 70 kmMayes County 75 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:34 pm CDT on 30 May 2026 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) southwest of Muskogee, OK · earthquakes near Muskogee
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Muskogee County, 12 km ESE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 165 days ago

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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Muskogee, 15 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: Checotah, Haskell, Warner, Fort Gibson.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 35.6680, -95.4971. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Muskogee County, OK 12 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Muskogee County
Wagoner County, OK 33 km (20 mi) N earthquakes near Wagoner County
McIntosh County, OK 37 km (23 mi) SSW earthquakes near McIntosh County
Okmulgee County, OK 42 km (26 mi) W earthquakes near Okmulgee County
Cherokee County, OK 52 km (32 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cherokee County
Haskell County, OK 60 km (37 mi) SE earthquakes near Haskell County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

16 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.2 1 km NNE of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  2. 1.4 2 km NNE of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  3. 1.5 2 km SW of Paradise Hill, Oklahoma
  4. 1.1 2 km NNE of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  5. 1.6 3 km ENE of Okay, Oklahoma
  6. 1.4 2 km NNE of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  7. 1.6 3 km SSW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  8. 1.4 4 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  9. 1.4 2 km N of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  10. 1.7 2 km SE of Zeb, Oklahoma
  11. 1.5 2 km NNW of Notiechtown, Oklahoma
  12. 1.8 10 km SE of Texanna, Oklahoma
  13. 1.7 10 km SE of Texanna, Oklahoma
  14. 1.5 4 km SW of Hulbert, Oklahoma
  15. 1.7 2 km SE of Zeb, 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

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