Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 25, 2012, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km S of Paden, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2012-03-25 14:09:21 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.505° N, 97.246° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

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Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.37 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5288 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 29
  2. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5282 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 35
  3. 2.64 km W of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5280 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 14
  4. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5276 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 23
  5. 3.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5272 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 141
  6. 3.212 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5267 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 32
  7. 2.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5262 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.17 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5261 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 21
  9. 3.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5258 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 13
  10. 2.56 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 5251 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.62 km NNW of Washington, Oklahoma · 5251 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5248 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 55
  13. 3.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5247 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 10
  14. 2.85 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma · 5247 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 14
  15. 2.23 km NNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5245 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.93 km SSW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5245 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 3.16 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5309 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 25
  2. 2.43 km NNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5309 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.98 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5311 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 12
  4. 2.68 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5316 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.05 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5319 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 26
  6. 2.88 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5322 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.96 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5322 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 23

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jgs4 (also filed as us2012ypcq). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.