M2.8 earthquake 4 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 5, 2018, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 3 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-05 12:16:37 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.479° N, 97.750° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 18
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- 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: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 124
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3105 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3098 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3095 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.59 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 19
- 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3093 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
- 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 154.
Before
- 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 831
- 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2,000
- 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 41
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
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