Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-19 19:32:35 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.372° N, 97.709° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
36°
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: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.94 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  4. 3.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.53 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.30 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  9. 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.311 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2923 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.49 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2923 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2923 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2923 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.611 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.611 km SW of Wellington, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.111 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.90 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 3.011 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.911 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.60 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.50 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2920 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.511 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2919 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 3.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.62 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 10
  36. 2.86 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.85 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2911 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.2Kansas · 2911 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2910 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2910 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.68 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  48. 1.73 km E of Milan, Kansas · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2906 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.54 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 1.510 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 3.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2897 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.51 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2895 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 12
  2. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2939 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2939 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2940 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2940 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.3Oklahoma · 2941 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2941 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2942 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2942 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hh9g. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC.