Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 2 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-28 01:49:53 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.120° N, 97.601° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
8
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
  2. 2.31 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.70 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 23
  4. 2.18 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.89 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.89 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.69 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.015 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.9Oklahoma · 2724 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.615 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.915 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.715 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.816 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.52 km ESE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.85 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.73 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.86 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.55 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.54 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.52 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  25. 2.45 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.21 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2679 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 2.83 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
  2. 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.82 km W of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.29 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.81 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 65
  7. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.39 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.58 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.74 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 21
  16. 3.012 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 93
  17. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.17 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k6r7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.