M3.1 earthquake 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma on Fri, May 9, 2025, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-10 03:10:12 UTC
- Depth
- 3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.546° N, 96.748° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 36
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ML, local (Richter) | Oklahoma Geological Survey | Preferred · Confirmed · ±0.4 · 40 stations |
| 3.0 | mb_Lg, Lg-wave body | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.047 · 119 stations |
Did you feel it?
36 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.40
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.88 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 507 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 15
- 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 498 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 496 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 496 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 488 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.012 km SSW of Hanna, Oklahoma · 471 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.812 km SSW of Hanna, Oklahoma · 470 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 463 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
- 1.68 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 463 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 457 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 1.510 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 456 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 454 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 450 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.85 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 449 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 527 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 530 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 532 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 537 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2025jbye (also filed as us7000pyd7). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.