M2.1 earthquake 5 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 7 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-19 01:12:15 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.454° N, 97.764° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- 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 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.70 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.816 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
- 3.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.30 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.90 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.60 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.50 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.06 km NNE of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 3.62 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 2904 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
- 2.16 km SSE of Newcastle, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2899 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 2.03 km E of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Washington, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
- 2.48 km SE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.03 km E of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.94 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 28
- 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km ESE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 3.43 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 63
- 2.04 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 7
- 2.13 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.23 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24 km ENE of Dibble, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000gd0t. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.