M2.9 earthquake 9 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 17, 2014, 4:28 PM CST (22:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-17 22:28:44 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.087° N, 97.504° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- 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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.410 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 11
- 2.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.36 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.88 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 13
- 2.95 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.98 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 2.93 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.66 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 51
- 3.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
- 3.05 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.96 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.46 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.45 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Billings, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.68 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.710 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 3.06 km E of Meeker, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.710 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 3.05 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.84 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.25 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t7st. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.