QuakeIndex

Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change

M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Anadarko, OK

No earthquake was likely felt in Anadarko in the 24 hours to 6:55 pm CST (00:55 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 15 km (9 mi) NNW, at 6:37 pm CST on 12 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Anadarko

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) north-northwest of Anadarko, OK, at 6:37 pm CST on 12 November 2026 (00:37 UTC), 5.0 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 3 km WNW of Gracemont, Oklahoma

77 km (48 mi) WSW of Oklahoma City, OK

6:37 pm CST, Nov 12, 2026 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Caddo County 8 kmGrady County 42 kmCanadian County 48 kmComanche County 62 kmWashita County 64 kmKiowa County 69 kmBlaine County 76 kmMcClain County 80 kmCuster County 80 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
6:37 pm CST on 12 November 2026 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) north-northwest of Anadarko, OK · earthquakes near Anadarko
Oklahoma today
every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Caddo County, 8 km WSW
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 24 hours 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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Anadarko, 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: Carnegie.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 35.1994, -98.2984. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Caddo County, OK 8 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Caddo County
Grady County, OK 42 km (26 mi) ESE earthquakes near Grady County
Canadian County, OK 48 km (30 mi) NE earthquakes near Canadian County
Comanche County, OK 62 km (38 mi) SSW earthquakes near Comanche County
Washita County, OK 64 km (40 mi) W earthquakes near Washita County
Kiowa County, OK 69 km (43 mi) WSW earthquakes near Kiowa County

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

Aftershocks so far

No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.