M2.9 earthquake 14 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-26 17:52:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.205° N, 98.692° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- 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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 26
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
- 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 14
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
- 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.314 km ENE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 13
- 2.510 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.79 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km SSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.215 km WSW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11
- 2.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3129 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2,000
- 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 831
- 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
- 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 18
- 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 124
- 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 3.022 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.822 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.826 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.614 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3177 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.717 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3184 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cpyh. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC.