Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 7:29 AM CDT (12:29 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 1 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-12 12:29:10 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.123° N, 95.344° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.70 km WNW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.70 km NW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.83 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1871 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.20 km NNW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.122 km N of Antlers, Oklahoma · 1870 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.62 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.72 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.92 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.03 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1868 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.60 km NNW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.63 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.61 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.71 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.42 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.13 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.93 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.81 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.01 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.02 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.21 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.62 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.03 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1863 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 2.61 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.22 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.82 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.13 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.72 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.32 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.81 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 1.71 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.7Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 3.43 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.81 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.83 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.53 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 2.41 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.61 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.81 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.83 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.43 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.02 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.02 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.93 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.91 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.91 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 2.31 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.11 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 2.21 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.21 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 1.61 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 3.71 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 27
  52. 2.11 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 1.61 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.11 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.91 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 1.91 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 1.82 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.61 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.51 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.61 km S of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 1.91 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.10 km N of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1876 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.92 km NNE of Hartshorne, Oklahoma · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.13 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.71 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.91 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.32 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1881 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.52 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1881 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.72 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1884 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.42 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1885 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.82 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1885 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.61 km SW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1886 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.91 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.3Oklahoma · 1889 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.32 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1890 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.27 km S of Stuart, Oklahoma · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.92 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1891 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.12 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.82 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 3.32 km E of Quinton, Oklahoma · 1892 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021psjx (also filed as us6000f4he). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.