Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 9 km SSW of Boley, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Boley, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 27, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-10-28 04:00:34 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.422° N, 96.537° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
24
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (II) at Broken Arrow and Paden. Also felt at Castle, Choctaw, Edmond, Oklahoma City, Seminole, Spencer and Tulsa.

From the USGS event page for usp000juj8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.20 km W of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5085 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.70 km NNW of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5084 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 18
  3. 2.54 km N of Agra, Oklahoma · 5083 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 14
  4. 2.76 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5063 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 40
  5. 2.57 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5062 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 25
  6. 2.06 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5055 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.51 km WNW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5050 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.56 km SW of Boley, Oklahoma · 5050 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.65 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5045 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5042 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 3.04 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5041 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.112 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 5037 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 11

Before

  1. 3.42 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 5093 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 20
  2. 3.25 km WSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5098 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 49
  3. 2.93 km NNE of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5104 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 30
  4. 2.79 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5114 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5114 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 12

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000juj8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC.