Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 1 km S of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 1 km S of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-15 17:20:30 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.791° N, 97.733° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
48

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 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 33
  3. 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.88 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.79 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2863 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.97 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.9Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.29 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2852 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 9
  21. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2836 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.412 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 2836 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.55 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.38 km NW of Haysville, Kansas · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 1.91 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  52. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
  53. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  58. 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.511 km SE of Clearwater, Kansas · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.30 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 60
  4. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 13
  6. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.7Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2880 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.64 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2885 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hs71. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.