M2.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Horntown, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Horntown, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-06 05:19:34 UTC
- Depth
- 3.3 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.111° N, 96.197° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.25 km ESE of Horntown, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.54 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3046 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.411 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3037 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dvdj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.