Minor earthquake 2.82 mag, 9 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sparks in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.656080246 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:03:42 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -96.74485779° West, 35.55410767° North, depth 4.656080246 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 03:03:42 / November 26, 2025 @ 3:03 am. Unique identifier: ok2025xdio. Ids that are associated to the event: ok2025xdio.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sapulpa, Noble, Norman. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Norman (c. 110 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moore (c. 55 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-96.74485779° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.55410767° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.656080246 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-26 03:03:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 03:13:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	123	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ok	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ok,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1040409207	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0978306609 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147.4173138	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ok2025xdio	Id of event.
Event Code	2025xdio	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ok2025xdio,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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