Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma on Wed, May 8, 2019, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 3 km W of Horntown, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-05-08 18:39:59 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.111° N, 95.332° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.33 km W of Horntown, Oklahoma · 2699 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 35
  2. 2.50 km W of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2697 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.95 km W of Horntown, Oklahoma · 2694 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.86 km W of Horntown, Oklahoma · 2682 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.35 km WNW of Horntown, Oklahoma · 2682 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.25 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.34 km N of Calvin, OK · 2658 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.34 km NNE of Calvin, Oklahoma · 2656 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.42 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2655 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.24 km NNE of Calvin, Oklahoma · 2655 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.04 km N of Calvin, Oklahoma · 2654 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.43 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2653 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.53 km ENE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2653 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.83 km NE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2650 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.05 km SSE of Yeager, Oklahoma · 2649 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.43 km ESE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2707 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.53 km NNE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.45 km SSW of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.34 km SSE of Quinton, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003iip. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.