Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 8 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 10:11 PM CST (04:11 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 5 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2024-03-09 04:11:35 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.122° N, 98.005° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.99ML, local (Richter)Oklahoma Geological SurveyPreferred · Confirmed · ±0.23 · 35 stations
2.5mb_Lg, Lg-wave bodyUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.111 · 21 stations

Did you feel it?

2 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
±0.23
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.57 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.68 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.18 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.08 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.78 km NE of Verden, Oklahoma · 937 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 937 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.811 km NNE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 936 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.79 km NNE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 933 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.69 km NNE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 933 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.77 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma · 931 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.68 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma · 931 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 930 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 48
  20. 1.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 930 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 930 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 83
  23. 1.82 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 925 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.97 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 925 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 920 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 919 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 75
  28. 2.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 917 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 9
  30. 1.92 km S of Wayne, Oklahoma · 913 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 912 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 12
  32. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 98
  33. 1.55 km ENE of Alex, Oklahoma · 895 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.76 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 887 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.85 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 886 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.06 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 885 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.65 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 884 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 1.75 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 884 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.55 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 883 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 883 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 391
  41. 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 883 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 883 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 882 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 51
  44. 2.85 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 881 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  45. 1.85 km SSE of Dover, Oklahoma · 881 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 879 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.78 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 879 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 1.88 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.77 km ENE of Verden, Oklahoma · 938 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.910 km ESE of Chickasha, Oklahoma · 939 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 16
  4. 2.47 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 13
  5. 1.810 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 942 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 944 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.38 km ESE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma · 944 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.23 km ENE of Rosedale, Oklahoma · 957 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.94 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 962 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.54 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 965 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2024euon (also filed as us7000m4c7). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:58 AM UTC.