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The chance of earthquake damage in Garvin is lower than Oklahoma average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Garvin is much lower than Oklahoma average and is much higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #634

Garvin, OK	0.02
Oklahoma	0.31
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Garvin, OK	0.0000
Oklahoma	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #694

Garvin, OK	227.16
Oklahoma	363.83
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 2,825 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Garvin, OK were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	3	Cold:	3	Dense Fog:	10	Drought:	18
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	200	Hail:	1,366	Heat:	6	Heavy Snow:	29
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	11	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	15
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,044	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	1	Winter Storm:	18	Winter Weather:	22
Other:	79

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Garvin, OK.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Garvin, OK.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Garvin, OK.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 98 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Garvin, OK.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
2.1	1961-07-23	2	33°57'N / 94°54'W		1.00 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
4.2	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°02'W	34°00'N / 94°57'W	12.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0	6K	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees blown over or snapped. A Pecan orchard was laid to waste. This tornado moved into McCurtain county from Red River county, TX.
6.9	2003-05-14	2	33°59'N / 95°05'W	33°44'N / 94°44'W	26.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	50K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over while several large corporate and private corn fields were ripped up. The only structure in the path of this tornado was located next to the Highway 259 bridge which crosses the Red River into Bowie County, TX.. This tornado moved into Bowie and Cass Counties, TX.
7.0	1953-04-23	2	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
7.0	1972-10-22	3	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
7.7	1959-03-04	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W		0.80 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
7.7	1962-04-30	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W				0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
8.1	1971-12-14	2	33°58'N / 95°06'W	34°05'N / 95°00'W	9.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
8.4	2000-04-23	2	34°02'N / 94°59'W	34°00'N / 94°38'W	20.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	2	40K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store. The tornado was only F0 intensity as it moved through Broken Bow and F2 near Oak Hill.
8.5	1972-10-22	2	33°53'N / 94°49'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
8.5	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°03'W	33°51'N / 94°56'W	1.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	7	600K	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of strong upper low over central plains states. Numerous trees blown over or broken. Nine mobile homes and 1 frame home destroyed. This tornado moved into McCurtain county, OK.
8.5	1982-12-23	2	34°04'N / 95°00'W		3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
9.0	1982-04-02	5	34°01'N / 95°01'W	34°00'N / 94°34'W	24.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
10.4	1982-04-02	5	34°03'N / 95°10'W	34°01'N / 95°01'W	7.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
13.2	2003-05-01	2	34°05'N / 94°48'W	33°57'N / 94°38'W	13.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	260K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm moved southeast across Broken Bow, OK. Two new frame homes under construction had roofs torn off. A total of 30 to 40 wood frame homes had roof and frame damage with windows broken. One home was destroyed. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped. Several power poles blown down.
14.4	2000-04-23	2	33°50'N / 95°16'W	33°53'N / 95°03'W	12.50 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	0	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Tornado occurred across farm land and wooded areas with few structures or homes present. The county sheriff, his deputy, and a farmer were talking when the tornado, which was described as a long tube, moved out of the woods to their east and crossed within several hundred yards to their north.
16.5	1991-04-26	2	33°45'N / 95°05'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
18.3	1977-02-23	2	33°53'N / 94°39'W	33°54'N / 94°36'W	3.30 Miles	77 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Mccurtain
18.8	1967-04-12	2	33°59'N / 95°06'W	34°24'N / 95°06'W	28.70 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
20.9	1956-04-03	3	34°09'N / 95°13'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Pushmataha
21.8	1953-04-23	2	34°02'N / 94°34'W		0.80 Mile	17 Yards	1	14	0K	0	Mccurtain
22.9	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 95°02'W	33°37'N / 94°46'W	17.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
22.9	1991-04-13	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°43'N / 95°05'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
24.3	1979-04-11	2	34°00'N / 94°36'W	34°08'N / 94°28'W	11.90 Miles	440 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Mccurtain
24.4	1982-04-02	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°41'N / 95°07'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
25.1	1969-04-27	3	33°43'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
26.4	1982-04-02	5	34°08'N / 95°34'W	34°03'N / 95°10'W	22.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	25	2.5M	0	Choctaw
27.0	2009-04-09	2	34°00'N / 94°28'W	34°00'N / 94°28'W			0	0	1K	0K	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado first touched down in extreme east central McCurtain County just one quarter of a mile from the McCurtain County, Sevier County line. Several trees were downed on the McCurtain County side of the state line with a few power lines downed as well. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
27.1	1991-04-13	2	33°35'N / 94°47'W		2.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
27.8	1982-04-02	4	33°40'N / 95°20'W	33°41'N / 95°14'W	6.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Red River
28.8	1982-04-02	3	33°37'N / 94°46'W	33°34'N / 94°37'W	5.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bowie
29.2	1991-04-26	2	33°38'N / 95°16'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
30.9	2000-04-23	2	34°18'N / 95°22'W	34°17'N / 95°13'W	9.00 Miles	175 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down west of Cloudy and traveled just south of Cloudy through rural areas of Pushmataha county before lifting 9 miles later east southeast of Cloudy. Only tree damage was observered.
31.8	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°20'W	33°34'N / 95°06'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
32.0	1982-04-02	2	34°03'N / 95°29'W		0.50 Mile	30 Yards	0	1	2.5M	0	Bryan
32.1	1982-04-02	3	33°34'N / 94°37'W	33°38'N / 94°32'W	4.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Bowie
32.5	1974-04-21	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	6	25K	0	Lamar
32.5	1974-05-03	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
32.6	1961-05-05	3	34°01'N / 95°30'W				0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
32.7	1982-04-02	3	33°39'N / 94°32'W	33°38'N / 94°29'W	3.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
32.9	1961-09-12	3	33°34'N / 95°16'W		0.50 Mile	300 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
33.4	1954-04-30	3	34°00'N / 95°31'W		1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	12	250K	0	Choctaw
33.9	1979-04-11	2	34°08'N / 94°28'W	34°15'N / 94°22'W	10.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Sevier
35.9	1961-05-05	2	34°24'N / 94°48'W	34°30'N / 94°41'W	9.50 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Mccurtain
36.2	1999-05-04	3	33°24'N / 94°44'W	33°37'N / 94°29'W	19.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	22	125.0M	0	Bowie
		Brief Description: This tornado moved directly through the downtown district of De Kalb and across a high school. Numerous homes and businesses were severely damaged or destroyed. The high school suffered severe damage. Sirens sounded 15 minutes prior to arrival of the storm. The damage resulted in a Presidential Disaster Declaration. This tornado moved from Red River county, TX across Bowie county, TX into Little River county, AR.
36.4	1975-04-29	2	33°30'N / 94°37'W				0	0	250K	0	Bowie
36.4	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°21'W	33°33'N / 95°20'W	1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Howard
36.9	1973-11-20	2	34°02'N / 94°21'W	34°03'N / 94°15'W	5.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Sevier
37.5	1982-04-02	4	33°39'N / 95°38'W	33°40'N / 95°20'W	17.00 Miles	250 Yards	10	170	25.0M	0	Lamar
37.7	1983-03-04	2	33°30'N / 94°37'W	33°30'N / 94°32'W	5.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bowie
37.8	1973-03-10	2	33°34'N / 95°24'W		1.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Lamar
38.0	1999-05-04	3	33°36'N / 94°28'W	33°48'N / 94°14'W	19.10 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	0	0	Little River
		Brief Description: Damage path consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage path was in a wooded region away from any population. This tornado moved into Little River county from Bowie county, TX then continued into Sevier county, AR.
38.0	1999-05-04	3	33°23'N / 94°52'W	33°27'N / 94°44'W	7.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	5K	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Numerous trees were blown over or broken. A few out buildings were severely damaged. This tornado moved from Titus county, TX into Red River county, TX and exited into Bowie county TX.
38.1	2009-04-09	3	34°00'N / 94°28'W	34°08'N / 94°06'W	24.00 Miles	850 Yards	0	7	3.5M	0K	Sevier
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado destroyed at least 10 to 12 mobile homes along US-71 just north of De Queen, AR. Numerous trees and powerlines were also uprooted or snapped. There were 7 reported injuries, all in the mobile home park north of Dequeen, Arkansas but none were life threatening. The Arkansas governor declared Sevier County a disaster area because of the tornado damage in the county. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
38.7	1961-05-04	2	33°28'N / 95°16'W		0.80 Mile	1000 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
39.0	1999-03-05	2	34°12'N / 94°22'W	34°11'N / 94°16'W	8.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	0	0	Polk
		Brief Description: A strong tornado was spawned in southern Polk County. The tornado hit the town of Grannis and caused some property damage. Damage was most extensive at a chicken farm. Two chicken houses were completely destroyed at the farm, with one chicken house thrown into the other house. Roughly 8,000 chickens were lost. Several trees and a few power lines were downed as well. The tornado tracked about 8 miles before moving into Howard County (Shreveport County Warning Area).
39.1	1974-04-21	2	33°35'N / 95°27'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
39.5	1960-05-04	4	34°09'N / 95°37'W	34°23'N / 95°25'W	19.80 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
39.9	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 94°28'W	33°42'N / 94°12'W	13.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Little River
40.0	1983-11-22	2	34°28'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
40.2	1990-05-03	2	33°39'N / 95°32'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	13	0K	0	Lamar
40.4	1954-04-30	3	33°24'N / 94°38'W	33°35'N / 94°23'W	19.20 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bowie
40.6	1974-05-25	2	33°30'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
41.0	1985-05-13	2	33°37'N / 95°35'W	33°40'N / 95°30'W	4.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	8	2.5M	0	Lamar
41.4	1981-05-13	4	33°46'N / 95°42'W	33°47'N / 95°33'W	8.80 Miles	400 Yards	0	30	2.5M	0	Lamar
41.5	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W	33°39'N / 95°30'W	6.60 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
42.0	1973-06-03	2	33°22'N / 95°07'W				0	0	25K	0	Titus
42.7	1960-05-04	4	34°04'N / 95°42'W	34°09'N / 95°37'W	7.60 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Choctaw
42.8	1971-03-12	4	33°29'N / 94°29'W	33°30'N / 94°24'W	5.10 Miles	880 Yards	1	5	0K	0	Bowie
42.8	1955-04-12	2	34°14'N / 95°37'W	34°18'N / 95°33'W	6.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Pushmataha
42.9	2003-05-14	2	33°41'N / 94°42'W	33°15'N / 94°15'W	40.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	200K	0	Bowie
		Brief Description: A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong microburst in McCurtain County southwest of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX, located in Bowie County. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over along the entire track. Several homes, mobile homes, barns, garages, and outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. The primary damage from this event occurred southeast of Maud, TX and was also associated with a microburst with wind speeds approaching 100 mph. The microburst occurred along the east side of the tornado track.
42.9	1999-05-04	3	33°47'N / 94°14'W	33°50'N / 94°11'W	4.10 Miles	25 Yards	0	0	0	0	Sevier
		Brief Description: Damage path consisted of a few small trees and twigs broken. The tornado rating in the county was only an F0 but the overall intensity was F3 in Bowie County, TX.
43.1	1982-05-28	2	34°13'N / 95°38'W	34°17'N / 95°34'W	6.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Pushmataha
43.1	1982-05-28	2	34°31'N / 94°42'W	34°33'N / 94°36'W	5.00 Miles	450 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Le Flore
43.6	1982-04-02	4	33°56'N / 94°17'W	33°55'N / 94°04'W	13.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Sevier
43.8	1981-10-13	2	33°39'N / 95°40'W	33°43'N / 95°35'W	6.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
44.1	1960-05-04	4	34°01'N / 95°42'W	34°04'N / 95°42'W	3.40 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Choctaw
44.4	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W		2.00 Miles	23 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
44.6	2000-04-23	2	34°20'N / 95°39'W	34°19'N / 95°30'W	9.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down northeast of Moyers and traveled 9 miles east southeast before lifting 1 mile south of Finley. A mobile home and several outbuilding were destroyed. Some roof damage was reported to several buildings.
44.7	1950-01-13	3	34°24'N / 94°22'W		0.60 Mile	17 Yards	1	1	3K	0	Polk
45.9	1984-10-18	2	33°16'N / 94°55'W	33°19'N / 94°51'W	5.00 Miles	50 Yards	1	2	250K	0	Titus
46.1	1954-02-15	2	34°06'N / 94°09'W				0	0	0K	0	Sevier
46.2	1954-08-29	2	33°50'N / 94°07'W	33°57'N / 94°09'W	8.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	3K	0	Sevier
46.4	1989-06-07	2	33°22'N / 95°06'W	33°13'N / 95°02'W	12.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Titus
46.5	1983-11-22	2	34°05'N / 95°44'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
46.9	1955-04-06	2	33°20'N / 95°22'W	33°21'N / 95°12'W	9.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hopkins
46.9	1954-04-30	3	33°35'N / 94°23'W	33°48'N / 93°59'W	27.50 Miles	1760 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Little River
47.6	1999-05-04	3	33°12'N / 95°08'W	33°20'N / 94°47'W	19.20 Miles	100 Yards	1	0	330K	0	Titus
		Brief Description: Seven homes were destroyed. Two of the homes were swept from their slabs. F79PH
48.1	1979-04-11	2	34°15'N / 94°22'W	34°28'N / 94°08'W	20.10 Miles	440 Yards	0	17	2.5M	0	Polk
49.0	1950-02-12	2	33°20'N / 94°25'W	33°27'N / 94°25'W	8.00 Miles	833 Yards	1	8	25K	0	Bowie
49.6	1961-03-26	2	33°20'N / 95°22'W		0.80 Mile	280 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Hopkins
49.7	1961-03-26	3	33°13'N / 95°08'W	33°17'N / 95°05'W	5.40 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Titus
49.7	1982-04-02	3	33°42'N / 94°12'W	33°38'N / 94°05'W	10.00 Miles	233 Yards	1	2	2.5M	0	Little River
49.8	1999-03-05	2	34°10'N / 94°13'W	34°16'N / 94°02'W	18.70 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	60K	0	Howard
		Brief Description: Tornado entered Howard County from Polk County, moved across Howard County, then into Pike County. Damage was largely confined to rural wooded area with little or no population. A mobile home was heavily damaged and scores of trees were toppled along the tornado path.
49.8	1979-05-27	2	33°28'N / 94°25'W	33°20'N / 94°21'W	10.10 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Bowie
49.9	1961-03-26	3	33°14'N / 94°57'W				0	9	250K	0	Titus
49.9	1970-06-11	2	34°36'N / 95°20'W				0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
50.0	1983-11-22	3	34°39'N / 95°07'W	34°41'N / 95°05'W	3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	Pushmataha

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.