Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 8 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-04-09 09:26:31 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.215° N, 97.569° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
24
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

24 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 29°, dip 72°, rake -154°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 290°, dip 65°, rake -20°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
23°
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: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2,651
  2. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15
  3. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.66 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  24. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  25. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 13
  32. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  37. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.812 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
  40. 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 2.2Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.413 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.814 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3063 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 40
  60. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 99
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1,498
  10. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.51 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 38
  19. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dwsz. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC.