M2.9 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 6:38 AM CST (12:38 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-14 12:38:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.665° N, 97.394° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 138
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
138 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.98 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 979 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 978 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.89 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 977 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 1.69 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.72 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.88 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 968 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 967 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 26,480
- 1.68 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.69 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 9
- 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 93
- 2.58 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 24
- 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 34
- 1.89 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.58 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 120
- 2.39 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
- 1.98 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.29 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 27
- 2.47 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.28 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 17
- 1.89 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.49 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 15
- 1.99 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
- 2.98 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 12
- 2.98 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 89
- 2.59 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 68
- 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
- 2.38 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 26
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 9
- 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Hinton, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 961 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 1.79 km ESE of Amber, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 39
- 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
- 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 4.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1,735
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 94
- 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 983 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 15
- 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 21
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 97
- 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 47
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024ayso (also filed as us6000m3lu). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.