Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 8 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Sun, May 26, 2019, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-05-26 12:54:07 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.700° N, 97.696° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
97

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2674 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.79 km SW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2674 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.86 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.610 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.02 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.27 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.211 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 2672 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.110 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.97 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.810 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.05 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.07 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2669 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.05 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.06 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.16 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.910 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.41 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.79 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.82 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.82 km NNE of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 1.84 km ENE of Enid, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.48 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.51 km SW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.79 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2664 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2663 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.17 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2662 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.61 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2662 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2662 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.87 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.27 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 1.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2661 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.17 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2660 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.17 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2660 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.93 km NE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2660 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 1.68 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2677 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.58 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2677 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2680 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.9Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.39 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 16
  7. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.310 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  9. 4.48 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3,012
  10. 1.89 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.78 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.86 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2688 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.88 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.49 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.35 km SE of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2700 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60003sf2. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.