Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 1 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 1 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma on Wed, May 16, 2018, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-16 17:01:03 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.485° N, 97.257° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Choctaw.

From the USGS event page for us1000e6jz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3061 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.54 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3058 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.46 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 24
  7. 2.411 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.21 km ENE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 15
  9. 2.211 km NW of Marshall, OK · 3052 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3048 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3047 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3046 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.06 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.410 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3039 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3038 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3037 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3033 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 4.0Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 154
  24. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  28. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.712 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.511 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.111 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.912 km WSW of Union City, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 15
  37. 2.24 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.42 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.91 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.89 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.53 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  43. 3.115 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 16
  47. 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  49. 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.8Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.38 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 3011 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.28 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3010 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 40
  55. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.59 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.34 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.12 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3063 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3063 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 117
  6. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3063 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11
  10. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 182
  12. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 122
  17. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3068 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 40

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e6jz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.