M2.4 earthquake 11 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 2, 2012, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-09-02 15:05:52 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.749° N, 97.519° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 24
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.48 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5127 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 41
- 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5105 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 12
- 2.79 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5105 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 5097 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 39
- 2.93 km NNE of Spencer, Oklahoma · 5096 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 30
- 3.25 km WSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5089 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 49
- 3.42 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 5085 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 20
- 3.39 km SSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 5078 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 24
- 2.20 km W of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5077 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.70 km NNW of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5075 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 18
- 2.54 km N of Agra, Oklahoma · 5074 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 14
Before
- 2.65 km SE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5141 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km S of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5142 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
- 3.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5149 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 64
- 2.49 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5156 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.012 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5160 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 16
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jrh6 (also filed as us2012faar). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.