Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 8 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km NNE of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-09-13 18:30:50 UTC
Depth
3.1 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.826° N, 98.451° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
97°
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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2930 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2930 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2929 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.66 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2925 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.36 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.05 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.15 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.311 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2916 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.611 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.611 km SW of Wellington, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.111 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 3.011 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  32. 1.911 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 3.00 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.511 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 3.510 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2911 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  38. 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.51 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2905 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 3.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2904 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.86 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.85 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.2Kansas · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.66 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 2902 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 1.86 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2899 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.73 km E of Milan, Kansas · 2898 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.48 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.17 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  3. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2935 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.77 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.48 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.610 km N of Harper, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000he3c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.