Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km W of Wellston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of Wellston, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 8, 2012, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2012-04-09 03:58:13 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.687° N, 97.111° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
14
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

14 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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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
9

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.19 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5278 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 23
  2. 3.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5274 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 141
  3. 3.212 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 5268 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 32
  4. 2.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5264 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 3.17 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5262 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 21
  6. 3.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5259 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 13
  7. 2.56 km SSW of Dibble, Oklahoma · 5252 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.62 km NNW of Washington, Oklahoma · 5252 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5249 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 55
  10. 3.29 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 5249 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 10
  11. 2.85 km S of Dibble, Oklahoma · 5249 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 14
  12. 2.23 km NNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5246 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.93 km SSW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5246 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6

Before

  1. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 5283 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 35
  2. 3.37 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5290 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 29
  3. 2.52 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 5295 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 10
  4. 3.16 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 5311 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 25
  5. 2.43 km NNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 5311 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jhee (also filed as usc0008ygj). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC.