M3.0 earthquake 4 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 21, 2014, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-22 05:05:53 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.067° N, 97.359° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Oklahoma City, Shawnee and Stillwater.
From the USGS event page for usc000t90z. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 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 1.1 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- 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
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.510 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.66 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 51
- 3.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.96 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
- 3.03 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.46 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.45 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Billings, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.94 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.09 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 3.36 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.83 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
- 2.35 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 2.33 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 3.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.16 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.03 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 2.98 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 13
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.88 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.36 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t90z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.