Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km SSE of Paden, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Paden, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km S of Choctaw, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2013-02-12 14:56:53 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.462° N, 96.539° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km S of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4964 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 65
  2. 2.16 km WSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4956 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.53 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4955 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 32
  4. 3.53 km SSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4954 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 397
  5. 3.47 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4948 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 22
  6. 2.32 km WSW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4944 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.58 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 4943 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 3.210 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 4943 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4937 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.39 km NNE of Johnson, Oklahoma · 4933 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.33 km S of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4933 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 133
  12. 3.21 km N of Midwest City, Oklahoma · 4933 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 20
  13. 2.94 km WSW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 4931 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 13
  14. 2.25 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4928 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.45 km S of Luther, Oklahoma · 4926 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.82 km SSE of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 4919 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.55 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4918 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.86 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4915 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.54 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4911 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8

Before

  1. 2.52 km ENE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4971 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.37 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4991 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.08 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4995 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.37 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4995 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.86 km NW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4996 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  6. 3.26 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4996 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 18
  7. 3.25 km S of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4997 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 65

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013lnc4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.