M3.4 earthquake 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-10 07:18:17 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.298° N, 97.530° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 40
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 595.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
40 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 194°, dip 55°, rake 165°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 293°, dip 77°, rake 36°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- 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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.12 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2990 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2990 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.15 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 207
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 10
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 20
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2982 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 17
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 124
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 17
- 2.38 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 75.
Before
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2998 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 10
- 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3003 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
- 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 16
- 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.58 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3012 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
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