M2.7 earthquake 0 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 0 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-01 18:48:21 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.099° N, 97.569° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 23
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
23 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.18 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.52 km ESE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 2.73 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SSE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.54 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 2.45 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.21 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2679 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.46 km ESE of Erin Springs, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 2.31 km WNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 1.92 km WSW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
- 1.83 km NW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
- 2.83 km SSW of Amber, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82 km W of Ninnekah, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.81 km NNW of Cole, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 65
- 2.74 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 21
- 3.012 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 93
- 2.39 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km WNW of Minco, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.66 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 17
- 1.83 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Velma, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.92 km ENE of Fallis, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.84 km E of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 11
- 1.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k8se. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.