Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-07 19:37:56 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.299° N, 97.534° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
25°
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: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 24
  6. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2,651
  7. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 15
  8. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  15. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  28. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 13
  36. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  41. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.812 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  45. 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.413 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3068 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3068 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 99
  2. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1,498
  5. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.51 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 38
  14. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  18. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dw4y. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.