M2.6 earthquake 9 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-02 06:02:10 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.987° N, 97.543° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- 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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 15
- 2.94 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 28
- 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.03 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 2.48 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.09 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.15 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2958 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2948 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.816 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2937 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
- 2.53 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 3.43 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 63
- 2.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.23 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.42 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 124
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 17
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.18 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
- 2.51 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 13
- 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g1lx. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.