Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-08-07 04:40:22 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.518° N, 98.994° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2948 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 3.00 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g4mt. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.