Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma on Sun, May 11, 2025, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2025-05-12 03:16:04 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.555° N, 96.728° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
15
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
2.79ML, local (Richter)Oklahoma Geological SurveyPreferred · Confirmed · ±0.36 · 34 stations
2.7mb_Lg, Lg-wave bodyUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.06 · 73 stations

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.36
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.58 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 500 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 497 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 497 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 489 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.012 km SSW of Hanna, Oklahoma · 473 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.812 km SSW of Hanna, Oklahoma · 472 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 465 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
  8. 1.68 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 464 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 459 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  10. 1.510 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 458 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.512 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 455 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.85 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 451 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.85 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 451 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.55 km E of Meridian, Oklahoma · 451 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.65 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 451 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 3.18 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 511 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 36
  2. 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 528 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 531 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 534 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.08 km NNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 538 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2025jfpj (also filed as us7000pyrg). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC.