M3.0 earthquake 5 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma on Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-20 19:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.895° N, 97.274° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- 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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 20
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.51 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 13
- 2.02 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 17
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 124
- 2.42 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 1.74 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 3.43 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 63
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 15
- 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.94 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 28
- 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.03 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.15 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2952 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2938 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.70 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.816 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.30 km SSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
- 3.15 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 207
- 2.42 km NNW of Tuttle, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.12 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 40
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ga2d. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC.