Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 4 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma on Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 0 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-23 14:38:19 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.848° N, 97.719° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 2768 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.80 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 77
  3. 2.20 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.49 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2765 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.20 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2764 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 20
  9. 2.84 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2761 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.64 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2759 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.04 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.712 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.9Oklahoma · 2759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.98 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.18 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.56 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2757 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.74 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 2757 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.28 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.86 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2756 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.313 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.49 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.22 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.011 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2750 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.3Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.54 km NNW of Danville, Kansas · 2749 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  42. 2.33 km W of Danville, Kansas · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.38 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2748 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.77 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2748 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.53 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.00 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.611 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2747 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 1.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.25 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2746 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.82 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2746 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 1.513 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2745 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
  59. 1.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 1.74 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.24 km SW of Aline, OK · 2768 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.84 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 2769 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.82 km WNW of Danville, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 18
  4. 1.66 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2770 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2773 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.11 km WNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.26 km NE of South Haven, Kansas · 2774 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.57 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2776 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.86 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2776 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 21
  12. 1.55 km W of South Haven, Kansas · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2780 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.63 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.34 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.27 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.39 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2782 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.65 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.51 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2783 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jm20. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.