M2.0 earthquake 2 km E of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km E of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 4, 2012, 6:22 AM CST (12:22 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 8 km NW 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-01-04 12:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.534° N, 97.415° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Norman.
From the USGS event page for usp000jd14. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.99 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5384 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 47
- 2.82 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 5381 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 84
- 2.16 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5380 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5379 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5373 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.09 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5373 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5363 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.79 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5361 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 18
- 3.38 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5351 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 50
- 2.57 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5351 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.81 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 5350 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 25
- 2.62 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 5341 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 5340 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
- 2.92 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 5337 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 33
- 2.96 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5333 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 23
- 2.88 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5332 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5329 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 26
- 2.68 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5327 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 3.48 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5387 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 63
- 2.43 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 5387 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.88 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5389 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 2.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5389 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 14
- 3.68 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5390 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 47
- 2.21 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 5390 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
- 3.69 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5396 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 38
- 2.50 km SSE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5407 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 15
- 2.57 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5408 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5411 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jd14. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.