Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-20 16:40:34 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.531° N, 98.604° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
  5. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.814 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.414 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 2.84 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.71 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3049 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.716 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3048 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 2.60 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3044 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.31 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3042 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3039 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3035 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3034 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 28
  48. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  49. 2.4Kansas · 3028 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1,955
  53. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  57. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3024 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3024 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3077 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  4. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.814 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 3.116 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.823 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2,651
  20. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 24

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dpsw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.