Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 3 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 5 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-07-31 05:12:54 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.777° N, 98.682° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
103°
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: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.72 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 2974 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
  12. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 3.08 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2959 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2952 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.610 km NNW of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.37 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.57 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.57 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.93 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.43 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 3.49 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.46 km SSW of Norwich, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.78 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  48. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  49. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.74 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.08 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.97 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 3.19 km SW of Milton, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.29 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.95 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 28
  57. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.66 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.55 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.6Kansas · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2989 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ghwx. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.