Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 0 km W of Quinton, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 0 km W of Quinton, Oklahoma on Sat, May 18, 2019, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km W of Horntown, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-05-18 17:56:12 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.123° N, 95.377° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
51

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003n28. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.