M1.9 earthquake 9 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma on Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 4 km WSW of Piedmont, 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
- 2024-08-09 23:42:46 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.553° N, 96.746° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.94 km WSW of Piedmont, Oklahoma · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 768 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
- 1.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 768 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 768 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.711 km ENE of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma · 763 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Goldsby, Oklahoma · 763 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma · 763 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 758 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 756 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 752 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 747 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 746 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 741 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Dale, Oklahoma · 739 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km NE of Fitzhugh, Oklahoma · 733 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Washington, Oklahoma · 730 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Cole, Oklahoma · 730 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.68 km N of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 729 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 725 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.74 km E of Cole, Oklahoma · 724 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94 km E of Cole, Oklahoma · 724 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.37 km E of Ada, Oklahoma · 723 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km E of Cole, Oklahoma · 723 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 12
- 1.74 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 723 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 716 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.05 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 776 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 3.49 km N of Stonewall, Oklahoma · 777 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 39
- 1.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 783 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 787 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 791 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 794 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.62 km W of Washington, Oklahoma · 803 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024pppc. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.