M2.5 earthquake 5 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-08 12:49:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.482° N, 97.737° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2943 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2942 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2941 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2940 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 2.48 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2938 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2933 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 12
- 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2929 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.05 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2929 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.15 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2928 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.94 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 3.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.30 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.49 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Wellington, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.90 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.011 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 1.911 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.60 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 2.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 3.77 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.48 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2945 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.70 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.06 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.07 km N of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Milton, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hb09. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.