M3.1 earthquake 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 2:41 AM CST (08:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-12 08:41:40 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.876° N, 97.442° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- 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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3174 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3173 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.312 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3172 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.18 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.63 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3164 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3162 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.05 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3157 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 2.25 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3147 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 6
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3175 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.50 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.41 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 27
- 2.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.81 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3180 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 1.74 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3181 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.5Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 1.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3185 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3186 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 2.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cisg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC.