Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-02 00:33:06 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.761° N, 98.065° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.12 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3093 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 38
  6. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.51 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1,498
  15. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 24
  21. 2.5Kansas · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  25. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 24
  26. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2,651
  27. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 15
  28. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 1.95 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.814 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  53. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
  54. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
  55. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3095 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3098 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.514 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3102 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.614 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  19. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dc98. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC.