Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 2 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-18 22:07:05 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.822° N, 97.719° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.411 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2803 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.53 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2802 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.5Kansas · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.34 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2801 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.02 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.48 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2797 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.33 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2797 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
  10. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 2796 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.37 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.35 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2792 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2791 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.11 km ESE of Hazelton, Kansas · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.55 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2789 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.39 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.84 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2786 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2785 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.96 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.41 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
  24. 2.31 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2779 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 21
  35. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2777 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2775 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2773 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2772 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 2.82 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
  43. 1.84 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2768 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.44 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  46. 1.95 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 2768 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 3.80 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 77
  48. 2.20 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 3.20 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2763 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 20
  54. 2.84 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 1.64 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2759 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 2.04 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.712 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.04 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.211 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.37 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.35 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.18 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.44 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.45 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.04 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2806 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 474
  12. 2.77 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  13. 3.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 66
  14. 2.31 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2807 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 3.64 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 154
  17. 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2808 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.38 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  20. 1.93 km SE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2816 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j64b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.