M3.0 earthquake 5 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 2:09 PM CST (20:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km E of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-28 20:09:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.854° N, 97.430° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- 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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3153 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 2.25 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3150 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 11
- 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3148 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 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 · 59 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3137 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3131 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3127 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3125 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2,000
- 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 831
- 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
- 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 18
- 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3123 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 124
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3121 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.03 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.17 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3162 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3163 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3164 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 1.63 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3166 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3166 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3166 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.43 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3168 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3170 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqqa. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC.