Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-01 17:48:40 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.461° N, 96.869° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
70°
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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 19
  2. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  7. 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 38
  11. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1,498
  19. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 99
  22. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  27. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 24
  28. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2,651
  29. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 15
  30. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  32. 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  37. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  45. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 13
  53. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  58. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.812 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  17. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.63 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dc5t. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.