M2.8 earthquake 2 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:50 PM CST (00:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km N of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-13 00:50:03 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.359° N, 97.682° 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, 4.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- 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: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3130 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 41
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2,000
- 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 831
- 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 8
- 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 18
- 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 124
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 14
- 2.63 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3147 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
- 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d18b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.