M2.5 earthquake 9 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-03 02:22:34 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.199° N, 97.051° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 19
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
19 people 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 19°
- 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: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 8
- 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 38
- 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1,498
- 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 3.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 99
- 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 24
- 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2,651
- 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 15
- 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
- 2.68 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3098 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3097 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
- 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
- 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 13
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.812 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
- 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3108 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km NW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3113 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3115 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3115 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ddfi. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.