Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 14 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 10:28 AM CST (16:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-02-19 16:28:01 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.864° N, 98.815° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3137 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3131 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  13. 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  16. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 124
  17. 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3121 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 3.022 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3113 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.727 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.822 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.38 km W of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.16 km WNW of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3108 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3107 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.614 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.412 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.613 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.514 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3097 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.615 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.12 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3094 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.51 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.16 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 24
  55. 2.5Kansas · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 2.823 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  59. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.128 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  3. 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
  4. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3148 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.84 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3150 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.25 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3154 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.728 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d98c. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.