M2.9 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 15 km W of Aline, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-09 14:17:45 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.764° N, 98.057° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3024 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3024 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 154
- 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.18 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3017 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3015 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 15
- 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3012 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.25 km NW of Wellington, Kansas · 3008 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 41
- 1.58 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3003 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3003 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3000 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2998 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
- 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 40
- 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 15
- 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2991 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2990 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2989 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1,955
- 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3028 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4Kansas · 3028 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.410 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
- 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 28
- 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3034 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3035 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3039 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Marshall, OK · 3040 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000epz4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC.