Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC), 3 km (2 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
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2012-07-31 16:03:40 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.558° N, 96.754° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
11
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

11 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
37°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5165 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.32 km ESE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5163 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.85 km NW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5161 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  4. 3.012 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5159 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 16
  5. 2.49 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5156 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5149 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 64
  7. 2.67 km S of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5142 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.65 km SE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 5140 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.411 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 5133 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 24
  10. 3.48 km WNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5127 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 41

Before

  1. 2.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.47 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 32
  3. 2.911 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5167 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 15
  4. 2.76 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 5189 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.68 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 5191 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.24 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5194 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.72 km SW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 5196 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 21

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jppt (also filed as us2012dsam). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC.