Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 12 km S of Paden, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 12 km S of Paden, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 7, 2012, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2012-08-07 10:47:50 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.395° N, 96.587° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
16
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

16 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5156 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5149 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 64
  3. 2.67 km S of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5142 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.65 km SE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5140 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.411 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5133 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
  6. 3.48 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5127 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 41
  7. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5105 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 12
  8. 2.79 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5105 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 2.85 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5161 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.32 km ESE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5164 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.51 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5165 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  4. 3.18 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5166 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 11
  5. 2.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.47 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 32
  7. 2.911 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5168 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jq06 (also filed as usb000bqgf). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.