M2.9 earthquake 11 km S of Paden, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 11 km S of Paden, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 30, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-07-30 08:43:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.402° N, 96.576° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 15
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
15 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
- 54°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.47 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 32
- 2.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.18 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5166 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11
- 2.51 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5165 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.32 km ESE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5164 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5161 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
- 3.012 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5159 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
- 2.49 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5156 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5149 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 64
- 2.67 km S of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5142 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km SE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5140 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
- 2.411 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5133 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 24
- 3.48 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5127 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 41
Before
- 2.76 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5190 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5192 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5194 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5196 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 21
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jpmz (also filed as usb000biyj). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.