M2.8 earthquake 6 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km N of Cromwell, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 3, 2013, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 8 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-12-03 16:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.396° N, 96.448° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4675 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 4.58 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4672 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1,682
- 3.08 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4672 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 35
- 2.58 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4672 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.28 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4671 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 49
- 3.38 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4671 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 25
- 2.68 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4671 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4671 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4671 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.97 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4670 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 25
- 1.88 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4670 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.38 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4670 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4670 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.41 km N of Luther, Oklahoma · 4669 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 4668 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4665 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4664 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 3.410 km SSE of Prague, Oklahoma · 4662 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 14
- 2.28 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4659 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4657 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 12
- 3.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4654 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 105
- 2.16 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4654 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.08 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4654 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
- 2.86 km NW of Wayne, Oklahoma · 4654 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.51 km NNW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4653 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4653 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4652 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 3.77 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4650 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 46
- 2.64 km W of Jones, Oklahoma · 4650 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 2.910 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4648 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
- 2.37 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4646 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 3.211 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4646 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 21
- 3.04 km ESE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4644 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
- 2.06 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4644 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 3.26 km SSE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 4644 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.37 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4641 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4640 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 2.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4640 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.88 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 60
- 2.86 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 4638 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
- 2.66 km E of Agra, Oklahoma · 4638 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4638 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.37 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4634 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 4632 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.810 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4631 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.65 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4629 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4626 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.82 km ESE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4626 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 2.38 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4624 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km NNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4623 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 3.14 km WNW of Lamar, Oklahoma · 4622 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
- 2.68 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4621 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4620 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 25
- 3.06 km NNW of Agra, Oklahoma · 4619 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 3.26 km NNW of Agra, Oklahoma · 4619 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 18
- 2.36 km NW of Agra, Oklahoma · 4619 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 3.26 km NW of Agra, Oklahoma · 4618 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 18
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.06 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4676 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.46 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 4676 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 16
- 1.93 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4677 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.06 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4679 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.26 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4681 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 3.08 km SSW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4683 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 10
- 3.66 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 61
- 2.07 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.97 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4687 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.25 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 20
- 2.86 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.46 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.88 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 8
- 2.15 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4691 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4692 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.78 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4693 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
- 2.58 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4693 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4694 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
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