M2.9 earthquake 2 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 10:43 AM CST (16:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-07 16:43:07 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.817° N, 97.712° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- 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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2818 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 154
- 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 66
- 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2817 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 474
- 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2816 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2814 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2813 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2812 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2812 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 2812 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2811 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
- 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2804 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2800 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2798 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2796 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2795 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2794 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2794 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 11
- 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2794 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2793 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2791 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2791 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2789 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2788 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 21
- 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2786 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2786 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2780 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
- 2.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 2828 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2829 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.410 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Hennessey, OK · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.313 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2832 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2833 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
- 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j148. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC.