Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 0 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 0 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma on Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-22 22:13:48 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.881° N, 97.924° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3045 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.611 km SSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.66 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.31 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.54 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.64 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3042 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.211 km NW of Marshall, OK · 3041 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3036 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3035 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 28
  13. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.06 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.410 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.4Kansas · 3029 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.67 km WSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1,955
  26. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  30. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 4.0Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 154
  33. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3020 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  37. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 3.18 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3018 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3018 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.14 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3016 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 15
  47. 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3010 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 3.25 km NW of Wellington, Kansas · 3009 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 41
  51. 1.58 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3008 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.96 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3008 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.58 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3008 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3007 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.57 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.55 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3004 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

  1. 1.71 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3050 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 117
  10. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
  15. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 182
  17. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.47 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ea8x. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.