M2.8 earthquake 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, 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
- 2015-12-18 02:06:59 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.986° N, 96.803° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12
- 3.33 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
- 3.24 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 28
- 2.55 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.55 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 815
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 23
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 40
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 21
- 3.312 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 28
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 22
- 3.312 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 3.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 27
- 2.913 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
- 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 15
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 33
- 3.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 72
- 3.06 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 65
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