M1.9 earthquake 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 4 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-17 20:52:55 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.532° N, 96.759° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1739 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 1.71 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 2.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
- 1.53 km N of Ada, Oklahoma · 1722 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Wetumka, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.111 km N of Lindsay, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.25 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.71 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.61 km W of Cole, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 62
- 1.61 km SW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1698 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.40 km W of Cole, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 20
- 1.69 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.51 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.61 km W of Cole, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 1.82 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 2.21 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 12
- 1.91 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.52 km W of Cole, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.714 km E of Lamar, Oklahoma · 1741 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.014 km SSW of Hanna, Oklahoma · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.86 km W of Johnson, Oklahoma · 1744 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.614 km N of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 1763 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 1.69 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.05 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021yrbk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.