M2.4 earthquake 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 7:46 AM CST (13:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-18 13:46:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.989° N, 96.803° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- 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: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 2.72 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 26
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 11
- 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 14
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3137 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3137 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 3.73 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 41
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3174 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 19
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 174
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 10
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.23 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
- 2.46 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.93 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3189 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ckrg. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.