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A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook central Oklahoma late Friday night and was felt over a 200-mile radius from Kansas to Texas and Arkansas, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter of Friday's quake nearly matched that of a 5.7 quake in 2011, and Oklahoma's strongest recorded earthquake happened 60 miles to the north in Pawnee with a magnitude of 5.8 in 2016.
The following is a list of historical earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Oklahoma. Only earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 4.5 are included. Information pertaining to time, magnitude, epicenter, and depth is retrieved from the United States Geological Survey or, when USGS information is unavailable, the ...
Reviewed M 4.2 earthquake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma at 21:46:28 01/12 Oklahoma local time (UTC: 03:46:28 01/13) — OGS Earthquakes (@OKearthquakes) January 13, 2024
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the vicinity of several active wastewater injection wells. [4] [5] According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma until the 2016 Oklahoma earthquake. [3] The previous record was a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of ...
The earthquake struck at 11:24 p.m. and was centered 8 kilometers (5 miles) northwest of Prague, Oklahoma, about 57 miles (92 ki Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake Skip to main ...
The 2016 Oklahoma earthquake occurred on September 3, 2016, near Pawnee, Oklahoma.Measuring 5.8 on the moment magnitude scale, it is the strongest in state history. [1] [2] At 5.8 magnitude, this ties it with the 2011 Virginia earthquake, which was determined after it struck to be the most powerful quake in the eastern United States in the preceding 70 years.
The first earthquake, felt across Oklahoma and neighboring states, was five miles northwest of Prague, about 60 miles east of Oklahoma City. The rest were in the same area between Prague and ...