Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 16, 2023, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-17 00:31:47 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.534° N, 96.761° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
99

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
  2. 1.99 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.7Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1170 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1170 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1168 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.78 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1164 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1163 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 1.88 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1156 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.19 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1143 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.65 km NE of Stuart, Oklahoma · 1139 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.54 km SSE of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 1134 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.05 km NNE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1126 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.94 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1126 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.94 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1125 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.62 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1124 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  17. 1.85 km W of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 1123 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.33 km SW of Horntown, Oklahoma · 1120 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.75 km NE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1120 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.711 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 1120 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.811 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1117 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.910 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 1114 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.45 km W of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1112 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.48 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.18 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.49 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 28
  6. 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.39 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.6Oklahoma · 1171 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 1.61 km ENE of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.92 km E of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.72 km E of Arpelar, Oklahoma · 1173 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.52 km W of Washington, Oklahoma · 1174 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.89 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 1178 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.75 km NE of Stuart, Oklahoma · 1184 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.6Oklahoma · 1186 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.17 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.53 km WSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 1191 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.45 km NE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1197 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.74 km NE of Cole, Oklahoma · 1198 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2023nvzd (also filed as us7000kg8i). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.