Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-12 23:56:07 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.827° N, 97.774° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
33°
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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.95 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7
  17. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3077 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 13
  27. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  32. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 2.413 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.87 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 9
  48. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.61 km NW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
  55. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3064 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.57 km NW of Cheney, Kansas · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  7. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 15
  9. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2,651
  10. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 24
  11. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.5Kansas · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 24
  16. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dza6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC.