Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 4 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 4 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-31 05:20:38 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.090° N, 97.615° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.23 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
  5. 3.43 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 63
  6. 2.69 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.62 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 15
  9. 2.94 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 28
  10. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.03 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.48 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.09 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 7
  14. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.15 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  21. 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.816 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
  26. 2.53 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 3.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 2.18 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.35 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.42 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 124
  9. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 17
  10. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.18 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.02 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.51 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 13
  14. 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.68 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 20
  19. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ghwy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.