Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 8 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-04-30 04:51:25 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.697° N, 97.685° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 244°, dip 81°, rake -155°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 150°, dip 65°, rake -10°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
132

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2700 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.35 km SE of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2700 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.49 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.88 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.86 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 2688 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.78 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.89 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.48 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3,012
  14. 2.310 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 3.39 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 16
  17. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.9Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2680 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.58 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2677 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.68 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2677 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 3.18 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2674 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.79 km SW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2674 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.86 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 2.610 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.02 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  30. 2.27 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.211 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 2672 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.110 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.97 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.810 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.05 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2670 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.07 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2669 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2668 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.05 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.06 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.16 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2667 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.910 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.41 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 1.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2666 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.79 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  55. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  57. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.82 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2664 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.9Kansas · 2707 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2709 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2710 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2710 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.54 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2711 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.40 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.24 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.38 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2715 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2716 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.46 km S of Harper, Kansas · 2716 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.910 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.39 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2719 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.710 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.71 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.5Oklahoma · 2721 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2722 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.54 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 2723 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 2723 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003ef7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.