Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-31 09:46:58 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.764° N, 98.057° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
82°
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: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.72 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 2974 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.98 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 17
  14. 2.38 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 3.08 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  34. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2952 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.610 km NNW of Danville, Kansas · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 1.67 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.37 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  49. 2.57 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.57 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.93 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.43 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.77 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 3.49 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.46 km SSW of Norwich, Kansas · 2948 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2947 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 2.78 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.63 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2976 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.6Kansas · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2982 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gi1h. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.