Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 5 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 4, 2018, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-04 12:02:04 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.217° N, 98.472° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
40°
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: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2999 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 40
  4. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 15
  10. 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2990 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  27. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  28. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 17
  42. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2958 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 2.8Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.115 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3008 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3008 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3011 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 15
  13. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fwt6. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.