Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 8 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km W of Union City, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-14 09:37:01 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.985° N, 97.565° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
94°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.812 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.812 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.2Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3061 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 40
  7. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.11 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.54 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3046 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.46 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3044 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 24
  11. 2.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3036 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3034 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 99
  2. 2.23 km ESE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.67 km NNW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.48 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.113 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.713 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.14 km NW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000e05j. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.