Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 8 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-10 18:17:53 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.847° N, 97.696° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.3Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 3.17 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 2932 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.48 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2932 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2931 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2930 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2929 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.66 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2926 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.36 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.05 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2922 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.15 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2921 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.311 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2917 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 3.49 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.811 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.711 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.611 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.611 km SW of Wellington, Kansas · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.111 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.211 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 3.011 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  33. 1.911 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.511 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 3.510 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2912 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2905 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 3.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2905 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.86 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2904 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.85 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2904 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.2Kansas · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.66 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 2902 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.86 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 2.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.73 km E of Milan, Kansas · 2899 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2898 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.54 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 1.611 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2935 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.87 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.77 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.48 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.610 km N of Harper, Kansas · 2937 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2939 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.76 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.87 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.37 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.16 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hrdl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.