M2.8 earthquake 3 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 11, 2015, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 17 km ESE of Waynoka, 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
- 2015-12-12 02:28:56 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.276° N, 97.699° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- 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
- 3.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 28
- 2.06 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.56 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
- 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
- 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, OK · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 45
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 17
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004gni. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC.