Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km W of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km W of Medford, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-27 18:01:22 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.807° N, 97.792° 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, 2.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2885 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2880 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.7Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.30 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 60
  19. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.511 km SE of Clearwater, Kansas · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.91 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  22. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 33
  24. 2.613 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2865 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.88 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.79 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2865 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2863 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.97 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
  31. 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.9Kansas · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 3.29 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2852 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
  42. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2887 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.51 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2887 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.510 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2892 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.66 km NW of Argonia, Kansas · 2894 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2895 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2895 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.54 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.73 km E of Milan, Kansas · 2898 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.86 km NNW of Harper, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i4aa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC.