Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km N of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km N of Medford, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2013-07-31 15:03:17 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.850° N, 97.738° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.612 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4805 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.85 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4801 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 3.26 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4801 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.94 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4801 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.79 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4796 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.69 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4796 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4764 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.47 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4762 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4760 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.74 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4758 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.87 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4757 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 2.98 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4813 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.37 km WSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4813 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.02 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4815 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.83 km N of Jet, Oklahoma · 4825 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.86 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4826 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.510 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4826 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.610 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4838 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.74 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4839 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000it4d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.